Saw dies when I turn it on its side to cut

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samahi72

Discussion Starter · Jul 20, 2015

I have an old Montgomery Wards small 2.1 saw. I recently installed a new diaphragm and fuel line/filter. Initially it cut fine, but yesterday when ever I turned it on its side to cut it the rpms would slow down and then it would die. I thought that maybe it was low on fuel and the filter was sucking air, so I filled the tank completely full and it did the same thing. Any ideas

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AZBolens800

· #2 · Jul 20, 2015

Probably crank seal leak

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devans

· #3 · Jul 20, 2015

You said you replaced the diaphragm but did you clean the carb while you were at it? My saw would do the same thing so I put a kit into the carb, cleaned it and that fixed it. I did find out later if I put the saw away with gas still in the tank it would act up again so I now drain my two strokes and run them until they die. No problems since. You can thank ethanol for that.

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samahi72

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jul 20, 2015

devans said:
You said you replaced the diaphragm but did you clean the carb while you were at it? My saw would do the same thing so I put a kit into the carb, cleaned it and that fixed it. I did find out later if I put the saw away with gas still in the tank it would act up again so I now drain my two strokes and run them until they die. No problems since. You can thank ethanol for that.

Well I cleaned it out as best as I could. I used carb cleaner to clean out all the little orifaces and it ran just fine initially. Yes you have to love ethanol.

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