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Hello all. I live in deepest rural France, in Limousin. Earlier this year I purchased a secondhand Makita DCS 34 chainsaw in very good, hardly used condition. I had read very good reviews of the slightly larger model the DCS4610 and apparently the old Makitas are based on the Dolmar saws. For most of the year the saw has been working fine and it's a great little saw, but I didn't use it for a few months and went to use it last week. Now it will start easily but after the first start or two it will just not start? I have the manual but it states that any carb adjustment must be done by a specialist? Compared to my old Husqvarna it is really not clear how to adjust the carb. Our property is a high altitude (810 metres to 840 metres) and I have read the saws are set up at factory for sea level. Would this make a difference. On the exhaust muffler the spark gauze has been removed so that is not an issue. Also I have noticed some oil being expelled from the muffler. The saw runs well, idles perfectly but WILL NOT start once it is warm, no matter how many times I try? Any thoughts please. How do I adjust the carb? Maybe it is running too rich?

Not been back since 2016!!

If I'm going to replace it i would probably buy a decent secondhand model, something a bit older maybe and less plasticky. What are people recommendations. Personally I prefer Stihl. I borrowed an MS291 and it was leagues ahead of the Husqvarna as you would expect. What about something like a Stihl 026? Soild and decent power? One for sale locally for €220? (secondhand stuff is much more expensive in rural France than the UK!)

Any thoughts as to why it won't work? Have I messed up the compression by taking it all apart?

Hello folks. I am new in here so please be gentle!! Anyway we live in Limousin in France and have a property with lots of woodland. I am looking to upgrade to a better chainsaw, but do own a small Husqvarna 236 X Torq which I bought back in 2014. It's been a good little saw. A few months ago I noticed that the 236 kept losing oil from the chain oil tank when it was stored for any time. On closer inspection it seems that where the metal log teeth screw into the plastic body, there was a crack in the bottom of the threaded hole on the body . This coincides with the exact location of the oil tank, hence the leaking. I tried to repair with araldite which worked for a short time, but then failed and my leak was back. I found another body/crankcase for sale on UK ebay for the 236 model so bought it, stripped the saw down and fitted the new body. Obviously I had to open up the crankcase and remove the piston as the chain oil tank is part of one molding (grr). Since putting the saw back together it refuses to start? Have I affected compression by taking it all apart? To add, the pull cord pulley part (plastic) has now broken, so I cannot crank it properly. Do you think the saw is repairable, or should I just give up and buy a new one or decent secondhand one? There is a guy close to me selling a Makita (Dolmar) FSC4610 with a 16" bar, refurbished for only €100? it's 45hp and 1400KW. Are they any good?