Husky 50 died.

[Alycidon]

Hi,

 

Went out with my Huskvarna 50 this afternoon. After about 10 mins cross cutting Ash with a diameter of about 20/24 inches it got very hot engine wise and would not tick over, while I had cleaned the air filter the day before when I sharpened it I suspected that the air filer was blocked. Was running on same fuel it ran fine on earlier in the week. I switched the saw off and moved the logs about with the teleporter so that I could back cut them. In short the saw turned over ok but would not fire or run, not a peep. Chain moved freely so not a pinched sprocket on the end of the arm.

 

Stripped it out, air filter fine, spark plug dry so probably fuel blockage, took carb out and fuel pipe off the carb, can blow fuel back into the tank ok. Reassembled and still the same, need to buy a now plug tomorrow and try that.

 

Dont know if I have a spark at the olug cap.

 

Anyone any ideas?.

 

At the end of the day it does bring home relying on old kit is not a good idea so maybe I should aquire a 550XP seems which to be the current equivalent.

 

A

[spudulike]

Hi,

 

Went out with my Huskvarna 50 this afternoon. After about 10 mins cross cutting Ash with a diameter of about 20/24 inches it got very hot engine wise and would not tick over, while I had cleaned the air filter the day before when I sharpened it I suspected that the air filer was blocked. Was running on same fuel it ran fine on earlier in the week. I switched the saw off and moved the logs about with the teleporter so that I could back cut them. In short the saw turned over ok but would not fire or run, not a peep. Chain moved freely so not a pinched sprocket on the end of the arm.

 

Stripped it out, air filter fine, spark plug dry so probably fuel blockage, took carb out and fuel pipe off the carb, can blow fuel back into the tank ok. Reassembled and still the same, need to buy a now plug tomorrow and try that.

 

Dont know if I have a spark at the olug cap.

 

Anyone any ideas?.

 

At the end of the day it does bring home relying on old kit is not a good idea so maybe I should aquire a 550XP seems which to be the current equivalent.

 

A

 

Try pulling the saw over up to ten times with the choke on, see if the plug is still dry, if it is then it is probably a blockage in the carb, the gauze filter is possibly full of wood chip or the metering arm may be a little low.

[Stubby]

Have a look at the fuel filter as well . Might be worth changing it if its grubby .

[Alycidon]

Try pulling the saw over up to ten times with the choke on, see if the plug is still dry, if it is then it is probably a blockage in the carb, the gauze filter is possibly full of wood chip or the metering arm may be a little low.

 

Dont that yesterday and the plug is still dry, hence my belief its a fuel supply issue. I assume the fuel filter is on the end of the pipe within the tank, how do you get at it?.

 

Thanks

 

A

[Stubby]

Dont that yesterday and the plug is still dry, hence my belief its a fuel supply issue. I assume the fuel filter is on the end of the pipe within the tank, how do you get at it?.

 

Thanks

 

A

 

Unscrew tank tank cap . with a bit of bent wire / welding rod / thin long nose pliers / or whatever hook the pipe out of the tank and the filter will be on the end .

[Alycidon]

Stripped it again today, hooked the fuel filter out. it is or appears to be clean, sucking on the pipe from the tank produces petrol and I can blow bubbles in the tank by blowing through the pipe.

 

Took the carb off, the male mandrel that the pipe pushes onto is clear, yet the new plug I installed this morning is dry after 20 pulls on full choke and 10 on no choke.

 

So fuel is getting to the carb but not into the cylinder, this means the either the carb has an issue or the electrics, both of which are beyond me. Looking at the exploded diagram I see that there is another filter within the carb, maybe thats the issue but if so then a new gaskit kit and overhaul wont come amiss. So this evening I took it into my local Stihl dealer and asked him to sort it together with another couple of small jobs that need doing on it. The Husky dealer failed to call me back and I when I called them again as I was leaving they eventually started talking maybe 3 weeks, not good.

 

Meanwhile I better buy another saw.

 

Thanks for your guidance.

 

A

Edited April 7, 2014 by Alycidon