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Re: 371xp not running
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2014, 11:37:21 am »
LOL, I have actually seen that happen sounds stupid but obviously you have also seen it! I had a private conversation with him via e-mail, I think that something else is going on. Given his description of the symptoms on his last use and just prior to the saw quiting it sounds more like an air leak that caused a too lean condition or a bearing let go in the bottom end. See his comments below. Tell me what you think.

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Anyway, the last couple of times that I used the saw for an extended period of time, I noticed a little smoke coming off the engine, figured it was bar oil on the engine. As for the gas, I always use Stihl oil in the gas mix. Last week I had a tree service cut down some pine trees close to the house (Ice storm approaching), they do the tree work, I do the clean up (for a better price). The last tree they dropped landed on their rope, so they needed to cut the tree off it. He borrowed the saw that I was using for the clean up, told me that I should change the chain. I left for a couple of minutes to get a sharp chain, came back and he told me that my saw wasn't working, and now my story is published here.

Given the above the saw is stuck solid so it could be seized up from an extreme lean out condition or a catastrophic bearing failure in the bottom end; where parts of the bearing are interfering with the crank. If the saw came to a sudden violent stop the crank halves could also be twisted at the pin.
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