Chainsaw starting

[Swimmer]

I got the Poulan 2375 out a few days ago and I could get her to sputter but not catch. I heard something rattling in the tank, so opened it up and found the fuel filter free of it's hose. I tried to reattach the fuel line to the filter, but the fuel line just disintegrated. Long story short...I got some new fuel line from small engine place and replaced most of the fuel line (the tech told me that the ethanal will disintegrate fuel line, so drain it each year).

I didn't recall if I'd added Stabilizer last Fall, so I drained the fuel and added fresh gas/oil with some Seafoam in it. After numerous tries I got it to idle fairly steadily, but as soon as I gave it a little gas it would immediately die. Once, I got it to rev and held it there. It then died and would not restart.

The solution, for me, was to open the case back up and while tilting the saw vertical, I dumped Seafoam into the carb and let it sit for 2 hours. It ran a little better, but not great. So I repeated and let sit overnight. It then started and ran perfectly.

[TooTallTom]

Good deal, thanks for the tip.

[heat checker]

I have the same model- mine will start , run a few seconds and die,fuel primer empty. Could be my problem as well. Thanks a bunch.

[Swimmer]

I have the same model- mine will start , run a few seconds and die,fuel primer empty. Could be my problem as well. Thanks a bunch.

I would check to see if the hose inside your gas tank is deteriorating. If so, bring a piece with you to small engine place to get the correct I/O diameter of fuel line. Take off the cover -- 3 screws -- and then the air filter and filter bracket (2 nuts). At this point you can partially slide the carb off the two studs. Draw a diagram of where the hoses attach to the carb and the primer (two hoses go to primer). Remover the hoses and throttle wire and then slide the carb all the way off the studs. This will get you access to where the hoses slide through holes into the tank.

I cut one section of new hose into a 6" long piece...which will allow you to pull more hose than needed into the tank so you can get access to slide the fuel filter into the hose. You can trim the hose once you pull the excess back out of the fuel tank. The tricky part is getting the new hose to go into the two holes on top of the tank. I used The flat end of a bamboo skewer to work the hose around the perimeter of the holes by pushing down (not too much pressure or you will put a hole in the hose). Once you can see the hose on the inside of the tank, you can pull it down/in with a needle nose pliers. Note: I had removed the fuel line from the primer and I didn't look to see how far into the tank it went...I think it is just a drain for excess fuel from the primer, so I don't think it has to go down to the bottom of the tank -- but take a look how the original hoses in the tank are oriented.

Good luck.

[delcecchi]

Easier than drawing a diagram is to photograph everything with a digital camera/phone. Take many pictures. Makes it much easier to put back together, and costs nothing.

[caseymcq]

Somewhat asside, this is why I have gone to using "premium" in all the non-automotive motors. There is no ethanol and it definitely seems to stay "good" longer. I haven't had to add any Stabil or Seafoam and haven't had any problems. I do, however, empty the gas and run the motor until it is "dry" at the end of each piece of equipment's season.