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Thanks for all your help. Have since phoned up my dealer only to be told the business has been sold on. New owner side to bring it in if I wanted it looked at again but added that it did sound like the money would be better put towards a new saw. No doubt he has a vast array of them to choose from. Have been doing a bit of digging on the net and seems my 625 is the same saw as a Husqvarna 61. Have seen replacement piston/barell sets for sale at £49 so reckon it could be worth repairing. Wouldn't know where to start doing it myself though:001_rolleyes: Will check air gap and try another plug, seems to be more than just the plug as previous dealer has just been putting a new one in and getting it running until next time it stops mid-work. Saw doesn't get daily use. It's a farm saw so can sit for a couple of months sometimes between uses.

Thanks for thr replies. The compression seems fine. I have not been able to get it started since it stopped a week ago. Exactly what it did last two times when I took it in to the dealer. First time they replaced the plug. Think that may be all they did last time too. I think it was both piston and barell they were talking about when the £300 was mentioned as the kind of price to repair. What the dealer was getting at with the ignition unit was that it should only need changed once with the replacement lasting the rest of the sa's life.

Hoping for some advice about my Jonsered 625ii. Will be 15 years old now and been a good saw. Had to replace the ignition unit 18 months ago(serviced then too) but it has now developed a fault where it will start from cold but if it stops while running it will not start again. Took it to my dealer 3 months ago and they couldn't really find what was wrong with it. Said ignition unit should last the rest of the lifetime of my saw so was unlikely that was the problem again. They replaced the spark plug but said if it did it again it was likely that piston wear would be the problem and that was likely to be a £300(ish) job so best to put that towards a new saw. First time I really used it since then was last week and it's done the same thing. Do I really need to get a new saw or is there possibly another reason for this fault?