Anyone had this happen?

Oregon_Rob · January 12, 2004, 11:45:03 AM

Here is a strange one. I sometimes use Old Red for milling, my 25-30 year old Jonsered, Last time I milled with it, it would start cutting out, after a few cuts. Couldn't figure out what was wrong. I could let it cool down, start it back up, but as soon as I would tip it over to mill, it would start cutting out again. I figured out that if I kept the tank above 2-3rd full, it was fine. I hadn't run it for a while, so I figured I would work on it. Since I had set it aside with fuel in it about three months ago, I thought I would start by dumping the old gas and starting with fresh. When I was dumping the gas into a pan, out drops a fuel filter.
The hose had gotten old and broke off at the filter, so without the weight of the filter, the hose stayed in one position, so when the gas got to the level of the end of the hose, started sucking air.

Sure like those easy fixes.

Larry · January 12, 2004, 03:47:08 PM

Yeap -- had the same problem on my old Jonsered. Fuel filter fell off the hose. Kept hearing a little rattle when it ran out of gas and walked back to the gas can but couldn't figure out what the rattle was. Eventually filled the carb with grud and it wouldn't idle so I took it to the chainsaw shop to get it fixed. Took 3 trips and every time I had to walk by a new Husky 272xp. Made a trade on the last trip in. Neighbor bought the Jonsered from the dealer. That was 9 years ago and the Jonsered is still running perfect.

No complaints on the 272 but sure wish I had kept the old Johney especially since there wasn't much value on the trade in.