Chainsaw Repair

Story line. Last year before heavy winter.  I fixed a 036 recoil pulley and on/off switch on friends saw.  I tuned his carb to the mix in it.

He told me early this week he was going to use the saw trimming on a rental property.  I told him make sure to dump his mix and get some fresh.
He looked at me and said why. I been using Super Tech and guessing 50:1.  I ask how old is your mix and he stated at least 2 years old.  I told him if he liked his saw, he might want to get some fresh mix.

So he ends up buying the Echo oil synthetic which I suggested being good feedback from others here.  He went with 89 octane or above as I suggested.  I told him to at least go 40:1 mix that was shown on the bottle.  3.2oz to 1 gal.

Well he comes to work and was not happy with me and stated. I did everything you said and every time I headed up the ladder the saw stalled and wouldnt idle.  So he got to try out the new recoil pulley over and over.  His last words to me was I'm NOT HAPPY.


Guess what I forgot to mention and I ask later in the day. I took it for granted he would do this.