Pastonian

Day off work today so stripped the saw down, removed and stripped down the carb gave it all a clean, visibly couldn't see anything wrong though. Put it all back together and alls good! Cut over 1/4 of a tonne of wood this afternoon and no sign of the previous problems at all, saw cut really well and confidence has been restored Have got a free carb in the post to me from the supplier as well so will tuck that away for a rainy day Thanks to those that provided positive help on here and to those who could only see as far as stihl or husqvarna even if you cut one tree in 20 years, keep your expensive saws, my £78 saw now seems like it's more than adequate for the use it will get

Tinkering at weekend made little difference, will be swapping the carb with my mates to see what happens soon and have a free replacement lined up if it proves to be that. Exactly as Al says above, with a little effort i'm sure it'll get it sorted and it will meet my needs, along the way i'm learning more around chainsaw mechanics which i'm sure will be usefull thanks to the constructive posters on here who have taken the time to try and help, not just slate "cheap saws"

No probs, i have this nack of being able to ignore people on request. now about the fishing, how many sticks of dynamite in one go do you reccomend, got to be quicker that sittin there with a rod Hand grenades are more effective if it's a little slow, but then maybe it could be just using the wrong tools for the job as to why it's slow in the first place..

Cheers for your support Al, it's probably something small and will hopefully be sorted out easily, besides is good to get a better understanding of it all if I'm able too, hence posting here. The usual slating the cheap product but that was expected but also some helpful suggestions, just like the angling forums

Buster, thanks for the response. I guess its some copy carb, it has a low speed, high speed and idle adjustment, fuel has been a 20:1 ratio as recommended in the manual for first 20 hours use, 25:1 thereafter. There was no tension on the cut as it was on a saw bench, everything would be going fine then the revs would drop right off sounded like fuel starvation to me. I didn't actually purchase the saw from Hutt imports but wouldn't hurt to drop them an email I guess. Will see what happens at the weekend after tinkering tomorrow If you were to ask I'd be happy to type something that you too could choose to ignore, hopefully you will also find that you get your requirements out of your tools for angling and catch the fish of your dreams

Thank you for your positive constructive help, hopefully one day I will be able to return the favour in some way

This is more like it... although not quite sure where the fuel tank breather is lol Will wip the covers off and have a look about for it unless of course JustMe can point me in the right direction? Proof will obviously be giving it a reasonable run which won't be until the weekend again and see what happens, but if there are things I can check out before hand and I can learn a bit more about what to look for etc then all the better - thanks for everything so far everyone

Thanks for some positive input, I had checked the fuel line and filter in the tank and that was nicely on the bottom of the tank and was totally clean, again it seemed to be purely adjusting the low speed adjuster on the carb that seemed to get it running. Are most in agreement that the initial problem appeared to be fuel starvation? And yes, whilst I do spend a lot of money on fishing tackle I use that far more than I will ever use a chain saw I've also seen some impressive captures on some quite shocking fishing tackle too, cheap does not always mean total crap

Lucky my black and decker angle grinder is still going strong after over 12 years fairly hard use then The choice of a new small husq or stihl for at least £170 or a well used looking second hand husq for £180 isn't exactly over attractive either, parts can be sourced quite easily for this saw in the UK and even if it is a dodgy carb I can replace it for £16, if it lasts me 200+ hours also then all fine and dandy in my opinion. I'm thinking/hoping that perhaps it was a bit of crap left in the carb from manufacture or something thats now cleared through... was simply wondering if anyone had experienced anything similar

It might have been cheap but I have a friend who has exactly the same saw, he's had his for well over 18 months now and uses it all the time for firewood, he estimates it at around 200+ hours use and has only had to sharpen the chain, nothing else has been wrong with it, perhaps he just got lucky... either way spending over £180 + for a stihl or husq to cut maybe 2 trees a year and remove a few branches every year..... a bit excessive.

Hoping some of the more experienced guys on here can let me know what they think... I recently purchased a saw for use around a couple of small lakes I help maintain as part of an angling club. I purchased a chain saw identical to this one - http://www.huttimports.co.uk/52cc-chainsaw-p-291.html?osCsid=o4cdmqfcr9rpn5hf9b1rmr53p2 I know it's not a stihl or husqvarna but it will not get much use and will only have to deal with any wind blow trees and occasional removal of some branches hence couldn't justify spending out for a brand name. The saw cost me £78.00 all in, local husqvarna dealer offered a well battered looking second hand older version of the 440 for a bargain £180 cash:thumbdown: Anyways cheap saw arrived, put it together, started fine etc. I was using it in anger at the weekend to deal with a wind blown tree (approx 20cm diameter tree) that's been around a while and all was going really well until after about 15 - 20 minutes use the saw started to lose revs part way through a cut, if i lifted the bar slightly revs would go right back up to full and would cut normal again, next cut same thing happened then it started to lose revs more and more during a cut until it died part way through a cut and then wouldn't restart. I checked usuals such as fuel, fuel filter, air filter, removed plug and checked for spark, chain tension was fine etc, put it all back together and it started no problem, idled for a couple of seconds and then died, if you tried to rev it it would also just die (fuel starvation?). I gave up at that point came home with the hump. Fiddled around with it a bit more later that evening, blew the fuel lines on air compressor etc, still would start first pull then die after a couple of seconds and die when trying to rev every time, I then adjusted the low speed on the carb back to shut, then back to same place (manufacturer recommended setting) and it's started fine and idled and went to full revs and then idled happily for 5 minutes, was fine when I started it last night after work and tonight although I haven't cut anything with it again yet. So in my view the only thing that made any difference was to shut off the low speed adjuster and put it back to same place which doesn't make a lot of sense, do you think it was as simple as something iffy on the low speed jet which was fixed by simply moving it or something more sinister that's going to get worse?