My uncle's saw repair?

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So my uncle dropped off his saw for me to look at, he loaned it to a friend of his after our ice storm & he couldnt get it started when it was returned to him. I thought it was straight gassed, so I pulled the muffler & the p&c are clean no scoring, so I put fresh fuel in it, checked the spark, it had good spark, so I richened the H&L, a few pulls and I got it started, but its got a high idle, I adjusted the idle screw & that didnt do much, the chain is still rotating on idle & the idle is high, I tried to richen the low speed and the idle got higher so leaned it out & still the same issue, anyone got an idea what could cause this? Maybe an air leak on the seals, gonna put the tach on it to get readings on the rpm right now. Any help would be appreciated.

[mineralman2]

Are there any splits or cracks in the fuel lines? A similar thing was happening on one of my XL-12s. Hard starting, high idle, leaning out, and it wouldn't adjust for $h!t. Turns out the fuel hose was split in at least two different places. Somehow it was able to still pump enough fuel to start and run for a brief period, but it was sucking a ton of air in the process.

[mineralman2]

In any event, props to your uncle for being a morally-good human and loaning it out. I had a couple bad experiences loaning out chainsaws to friends. Fool me once, fool me twice, you know the drill. They're never the same once I get them back. I'd rather volunteer my time and cut the fallen trees for them instead of giving them a saw and assuming they know how to use it (and not abuse it!)

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I'll check the fuel lines, its idling really high, I put the tach on it & its at 4800, it will stay running I just can't get the idle to drop, I'll check the fuel supply line, but I think it will be easier if I just give him the free homelite I got, beats me messing with this pos.

[mineralman2]

Yeah it looks a little too plastic-y for my liking. It's a shame to think about all the petroleum that's wasted manufacturing cheapo plastic saws. I'd bet the dinosaurs would be rolling over in their graves if they knew this was their legacy.

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Yeah these cheap plastic disposable junk saws, seems like they just get cheaper by the year, I suppose its good for the average home owner, but I prefer the older saws or a newer quality built saw, I asked him what happen to his old homelite 360, he said he gave it away about 15 years ago to his neighbor, after his shoulder surgery it was to heavy for him & he doesn't cut wood anymore, just needed something to cut fallen limbs every now & then, I wish he would have gave it to me instead the neighbor, he saw my shelf of homelites and my stack of 360's & mentioned how he did miss his old 360.

[mineralman2]

It's good for the average homeowner who knows virtually nothing about chainsaws and only uses it once or twice a year. I've heard some of the newer Poulan saws actually crap out once they've warmed up because the expansion of the hot plastic actually pushes the coil away from the flywheel and kills the spark. Way to go, guys. You had one job!

Any idea how much that Ryobi saw has been used? The bar looks well-used but the saw itself looks fairly clean and relatively new, at least in that picture. I'd be livid if I owned that saw and the crank seals already went bad.

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It doesnt look that old, iam sure it hasent been used much, the chain looks like its never been sharpened, my uncle only used it for fallen limbs and lite trimming, this thing does oil like a sive, just running a few min on the bench and theres puddles of oil under it, a quick google search and it seems to be a cheap saw, home depot price of sub 150.00, iam gonna check the fuel line, if its standard line & not something special, I'll replace it & see if that changes, if not I'll give him my free homelite I got, or one of my old XL series I have & toss this thing in the scrap pile, these home owner saws seem to be cheap junk, I have pruning blades for my sawzall that I use for pruning trees & I much rather use that than one of these.