rumination
Migratory Hippie Arbolist
Howdy folks,
I have a problem with my Husky 359. I think it's a plugged tank vent but I wanted some confirmation from the experts before replacing it, because getting at the tank vent on this saw is a serious pain.
Symptoms: Saw runs fine for little while (~5-10 min) but then suddenly will no longer rev up from idle without dying. Feathering the trigger helps for a minute or so but eventually the saw dies. Opening the fuel tank produces the hissing sound of moving air, and then the saw runs find again for another few minutes. So now I am in the habit of stopping every couple minutes of cutting and opening the fuel cap and closing again in order to keep working smoothly.
It's really annoying, but the fuel tank vent is in a seriously inaccessible spot on this saw so I wanted to make sure I had diagnosed the problem correctly before taking off the carb and other stuff to replace it. I am pretty mechanically retarded so I'm always worried I'm going to mess something up when doing any kind of complicated repairs...
I have a problem with my Husky 359. I think it's a plugged tank vent but I wanted some confirmation from the experts before replacing it, because getting at the tank vent on this saw is a serious pain.
Symptoms: Saw runs fine for little while (~5-10 min) but then suddenly will no longer rev up from idle without dying. Feathering the trigger helps for a minute or so but eventually the saw dies. Opening the fuel tank produces the hissing sound of moving air, and then the saw runs find again for another few minutes. So now I am in the habit of stopping every couple minutes of cutting and opening the fuel cap and closing again in order to keep working smoothly.
It's really annoying, but the fuel tank vent is in a seriously inaccessible spot on this saw so I wanted to make sure I had diagnosed the problem correctly before taking off the carb and other stuff to replace it. I am pretty mechanically retarded so I'm always worried I'm going to mess something up when doing any kind of complicated repairs...