Chain saw starts, idles, won't run fast

[Gary]

My brother said he had a new carb kit put in but it still is the same. Starts fine, idles, press the throttle at all and it dies.

I know there are some tweaks to make on settings and screws but is it obvious from my description where one might start?

Thanks,

[Frank Logullo]

With my lawn mower running like this, it was the ignition coil. Took two trips to a shop to get it fixed ;( Frank

[William Wagner]

Possible clogged fuel filter?? Prime it it runs then cuts out.

Bill

[James]

Sounds like the vaccum hose is missing or faulty. It needs it.

[Leon Fisk]

Hi Gary,

Just a guess, but has the exhaust/muffler been checked? Mud Wasps just love to build their mud nests inside of them. Your machine won't run right if it can't expel the exhaust fast enough.

I took the carb off my string trimmer, cleaned it, new sparkplug and then I finally realized it sounded a bit more muffled than usual when it did sputter. Yup, mud wasp's had filled the exhaust port up. I could just poke it out with a stiff piece of wire on my machine. Listen to it when it does run and make sure it has a good bark/sound, a good clue to whether it might be an exhaust problem or not.

The repair shops must make a fortune fixing this problem...

[Gary]

Thanks for the suggestion, exhaust looks clean. Having been stung in the head by 2 or 3 wasps about a week ago I wasn't looking forward to finding more.

[Gary]

I checked the user/parts manuals and no mention of a vaccuum hose is made. So you're right! It's missing!

[Gary]

Took out the fuel filter, looks clean, blew through it backwards, seems fine.

I got a couple new spark plugs and will try ignition coil next if no progress.