Thought I'd get some expert advice before I take it in to the shop. I've got a Makita DSC-6401 chainsaw which is about 18 months old and has been working fine. Starts every time and just goes like a champ. Was using it about a month ago and ran out of fuel, I'd finished the job I was doing so I didn't bother to refuel at the time. This morning I mixed up a new batch of 2-stroke, this model uses 50/1 ratio so going by the instructions on the oil bottle it was 20ml of oil per litre of petrol. So far so good.
Now here's the funny bit, the saw started up OK and will idle just fine, it seemed to work as normal for a few minutes then it just died. Restarted OK and idles just fine but whenever I hit the throttle it just stalls like it's starving for fuel? The fuel filter looks OK and I can't any cracked lines, the problem occurs with the air filter removed and also with the fuel cap off (in case the vent was blocked). So the only thing I can think of is that I stuffed up the fuel mix in some way but it's pretty straight-forward so now I'm stumped?
So chaps, any ideas?
Now here's the funny bit, the saw started up OK and will idle just fine, it seemed to work as normal for a few minutes then it just died. Restarted OK and idles just fine but whenever I hit the throttle it just stalls like it's starving for fuel? The fuel filter looks OK and I can't any cracked lines, the problem occurs with the air filter removed and also with the fuel cap off (in case the vent was blocked). So the only thing I can think of is that I stuffed up the fuel mix in some way but it's pretty straight-forward so now I'm stumped?
So chaps, any ideas?