Chainsaw Repair

Two things...like a lot of those its easy to over choke them. After that first pop did you push the choke off? Second, its worth taking to a dealer who understands CST to take a quick look at what that saw THINKS is going on. Things to check on would be carb settings and carb temps. Spike60's dealership is just west of the Hudson probably due west of you. I have to believe there are decent dealers close by. And just for curiosity do you know the year of manufacture?

I would certainly get a look at it through CST before tearing it apart and getting "online" fixes. CST will cut to the chase with data that will help define if its mechanical or something else. And like any mechanical device, things to fail. Still needs compression, fuel, air, and spark. I have seen one 562 with a bad carb. over the last couple of years.


Ill drop a link in to a video I did a while ago on how to get those things running. Not trying to insult you intel. This is for others who might pass though here...I watched the guys at Cortland County Highway, where I worked for 15 years. ALL experts. Ask them. NONE figured out how to start the 550's easy as they all would keep pulling after the "pop" with the choke on....even after they were educated. Actually one foreman ( Ben. ) figured them out over time. But anyway: