Have you tried spraying Starter fluid into the Carb to see if it will at least try to run and verify you have good spark?
A 2cyl engine must have compression, fuel, and spark if you have all 3 it will start, if it won't start check fuel filter, air filter, spark plug or old fuel mix
SOURCE: Poulan Wildthing 18" chainsaw 2375 sprocket/drum replacement
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Hi tchild,
my name is Dennis Gladx and I can assist you with the problem of getting the sprocket off of the crankshaft of your chainsaw.
To remove the centrifugal clutch and sprocket you unscrew it from the
crankshaft and it has a left hand thread. Also a little trick to remove anything from a
crankshaft that could turn while you want to unscrew the item, Remove the spark
plug and insert some rope into the cylinder for the piston to squeeze against
and you will jam the piston without damage.
Glad to be of assistance Please rate this solution because I can learn from your rating. Thank you
SOURCE: poulan 18" wildthing gas/oil ratio ?
All poulan products use 40:1. However 32:1 is ok too as it will give your machine longer life.
SOURCE: 18"poulan chainsaw
Start at 1.5 CCW form lightly seated then tune for performance like this:
Carburetor Adjustment by Madsens.com
http://www.madsens1.com/saw%20carb%20tune.htm
CW is leaner; to lean will destroy the saw. If over tightened closed (CW) the adjustment screw faces are easily marred; marred adjustments are difficult to impossible to set properly.
Clean the air filter; adjusting with a dirty filter can cause a run lean condition once cleaned and the saw run.
There are 2 wav (sound - idle & full – may not be highlighted) files that I find most helpful, I think you will too.
I think your starting procedure may be the cause of flooding. Flooded is the #1 cause of hard starts in 2-cycle engines. Read carefully the recommended start in your manual. most miss the second note. It should be similar to this (read 3, read it again):
Warm start in the manual says 1/2 choke BS. Close choke, (sets fast idle) open choke, pull rope.
Start Procedure
Cold:
Warm:
If you still have trouble reply as you did before. I will get back to you. HTH
Lou
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SOURCE: poulan 18" wildthing chainsaw (model
This could be a couple of things, if the fuel tank brather is blocke the tank will vacume, to test this try slackening off the fuel cap when the saw starts to die, if it picks up again it is a fuel tank braether issue, the other possibility is a bad ignition unit breaking down, the only test for this is to replace the unit and try again.
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yes I tried the starting fluid. I did check for spark and am getting one but is it possible the spark plug may not be giving strong enough of a spark to prevent it from running?
In my history, Even a weak spark would come to life with Starter fluid.
Lightly sand both sides of teh Plug Gap and gap to about 0.018
Replace the spark plug and add 50:1 premixed gas to the cylinder just to make sure it can run.
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