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Please help Husqvarna 440e won’t start

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Please help Husqvarna 440e won’t start

Hello. I purchased a 440e from Lowe’s for around the house. It never ran right. It was hard to start when cold and would bog down. I figured it needed the carb adjusted so I bought the tool to do that. Honestly I never adjusted the carb because I didn’t use the saw and it was just sitting in the case. I pulled the saw out the other day after sitting about a year. I put fresh gas in it and it will try to start and that’s it. It fires a couple times and dies. I checked for spark and it looked weak so I bought a new plug. No difference. I tried adjusting the carb and it did the same thing. I checked the fuel filter and it was clean. I even checked the gap on the coil. After all of this, no difference. I was stump so I though maybe there was trash in the carb. I cleaned the carb completely and that did nothing. I even went as far as just replacing the carb with a brand new oem zama carb and the saw still try’s to start but that’s it. What could I be missing. It has to be something I’m just over looking but I’m really getting discouraged with this thing. Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated. Thanks

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    Re: Please help Husqvarna 440e won’t start 2020/05/11 19:25:21 (permalink)
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    Not sure if this will help or not.. But when I first bought my 445 I had issue with starting, thing would fire up then die..  What I fund out is that the saw wanted to be started a certain way ( huskys are temperamental).. When I start my saw, I put in the choke, push in the decompression button ( not sure if 440 has one), the pump the primer at least 4 times no more than 6.. I normally do 6.. Normally it will fire up, but some times in dies.. What I found out with huskys is when it dies after first attempt do not prime again or put the choke in.. Just pull the cord until it starts again.. May take a few more pulls.. But once it starts then feather throttle  keep running until saw is warmed up.. I found that husqvanas flood very easily, that goes for trimmers, blowers and chainsaws.. They do not like to be choked or primed after it initially pops. If it runs crappy after you get it running then the carb may need to be adjusted. I found this video pretty good on properly tuning a carb: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=tununing+husqvarna+445+chain+saw&&view=detail&mid=DAEBF1577121FE69A100DAEBF1577121FE69A100&rvsmid=BF6823DD8B4776E6228EBF6823DD8B4776E6228E&FORM=VDQVAP
     
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