Homelite chainsaw

[MIKE IN lINO III]

I'm having a problem with my Homelite. It starts fine but runs at high idle and when I give it gas it boggs down and quits. I brought it to a local shop and he was thinking there was a air leak somewhere but with his lack of service I now have it back. I know these are throw away saws but the thing starts like a champ. I haven't started it in about 5 months and it fired right off. Anybody have any ideas? Maybe where I can bring it to get some service?

Thanks, Mike

[stmichael]

I would put my money on the intake gasket. just to be sure there is a gentleman that goes by the name Mike at Beisswengers hardware, you could bring it in and have him look at it. it sounds like what happened to my stihl. faulty gasket. it is off of old hwy 8 in new brighton.

[ChuckN]

I have an old Homelite beater saw. It gets me by.

In cold weather I have to fine tune the jets located just underneath the handle, hidden toward the top. There are two of them. It can be challenging, but turn them really slow and see if that helps.

Otherwise, my saw has always had that problem cold blooded. I quick choke it and release, and immediately hit the throttle. Once she warms up it's fine, but if I leave it idle for awhile that issue returns.

I've been cuttin lots of vood lately.

[luckyc]

I believe your problem is the high speed jet needs to be opened up a bit(counterclockwise) until it respones to the cracking of the throttle. Once it is warmed up, you then will back out (counterclockwise) the idle screw until the blade stops (a must) You will see a H & L on the case or on the carb, the H is high speed jet and the L is low speed jet (only adjust low speed jet if it doesn't idle). the idle adjustment is inside on carb where the throttle cable attaches. Also if you have a saw or any two cycle that is doggy or under powered, pull off the muffler and make sure it is not carboned up, also the port holes can carbon up.