Chainsaw Repair

Going to let you try and figure out the problem I had today with this 362xp.  Just glad I didnt try and run it at the gtg or sale it to someone this way unknown the problem till today.

Start run like normal, fast idle and all. Snap the throttle let it idle and pop like a back fire and shut off. Tried several different carb settings on L side and idle screw and always ended up the same.  Popped like a back fire and off dead.

I checked flywheel, coil gap and tightness of both. I knew it had a brand new hardly used NGK BPMR4A in it after complete rebuild with new crank etc so I left it in.  I then pulled zama carb and went through it, I couldnt see anything wrong. I pulled a walbro off the shelf and put a kit in it. Installed walbro and had same issue. So that ruled out carb in my pea brain.

I'll let you guess where I went next if you want.  Then I'll tell you what it was, I think with no repeat issues so far.