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Re: Not impressed with Husqvarna 372
« Reply #30 on: February 01, 2017, 11:20:39 PM »

Good ol AT carb.  I'll either love it or hate it.
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Re: Not impressed with Husqvarna 372
« Reply #31 on: February 02, 2017, 06:12:18 PM »

bought a new stihl  a few weeks ago, no settings on it for adjusting the carb, supposed to do it all by itself...I hope it does

Did not know about that Bill,, let us know how it goes

I've had sucess adjusting some small carbs.
 The sthil was good, but you got to have the manual in front of you.
Arbitrarily turning screws in a small finicky carb, with worn out needles, is probably why Sthil took that option away.
My saws are old,easily adjusted, as per manual though.

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Re: Not impressed with Husqvarna 372
« Reply #32 on: February 02, 2017, 07:23:59 PM »

Far as adjusting carbs, make sure it fully warmed up and at operating temp, find the screw marked H, while holding the saw at wide open turn the screw out till you notice it dropping rpms, turn it back in till it hits max RPM, then I turn back out just shy of where it drops speed noticeably, it might even sound like it has a slight miss under no load, but under a load will even out. I’ve done it this way for years, have never scorched a cylinder and have changed plugs once in my MS362, have had that for 4-5 years.

I always figured a tad rich is better than lean.
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Re: Not impressed with Husqvarna 372
« Reply #33 on: February 02, 2017, 08:38:30 PM »

A tat rich in fuel is not a bad thing as gas cools the engine, a tat rich in oil is not good. 
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Re: Not impressed with Husqvarna 372
« Reply #34 on: February 02, 2017, 08:42:55 PM »

bought a new stihl  a few weeks ago, no settings on it for adjusting the carb, supposed to do it all by itself...I hope it does

Just want to let you know that if you put the saw on the triangle setting start it and let it run for 60 seconds ( I count to 70, don't run yourself short ) after that blip the throttle let the saw idle for a few seconds and shut it down for another 60 seconds.  Start it back up and that will auto adjust the carb for current conditions if anything seems to be out of wack.  I've had it happen once or twice where the saw just felt like it was way out of tune.  This straightened it out.
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Re: Not impressed with Husqvarna 372
« Reply #35 on: February 02, 2017, 08:44:15 PM »

Considering it’s premixed, if the gas is a touch rich then its getting a minuscule amount of extra oil as well. Have rebuilt a LOT of Yamaha YZ engines back in the days of racing dirt bikes, especially on my air cooled bikes more oil isn’t bad if you run the proper plug as well. Too many mud races in a row and you might be re-ringing the motor every 5-6 weekends. Water cooled ended that foolishness.
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Re: Not impressed with Husqvarna 372
« Reply #36 on: February 02, 2017, 08:47:41 PM »

I agree you're getting more oil via the larger quantity of gas with it.  More oil with less gas isn't good for the engine believe it or not.  The days of 32:1 are over. 
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Re: Not impressed with Husqvarna 372
« Reply #37 on: February 02, 2017, 08:51:48 PM »

If your already running 50:1, running the gas a tad rich, and I do mean a tad rich isn’t adding that much extra oil, only changing 1 spark plug in the 4-5 years I’ve owned it kinda proves that. If it was running so rich you need to carry an extra plug at all times, the yeah, it’s getting too much oil as well.
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Re: Not impressed with Husqvarna 372
« Reply #38 on: February 02, 2017, 09:58:35 PM »

Right.! That's why I said in my original post that it's actually a good thing. 
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Re: Not impressed with Husqvarna 372
« Reply #39 on: February 02, 2017, 11:27:53 PM »

Saw companies have been mandated to reduce emissions by our gestapo EPA that is where smart carbs came from along with other emissions reducing requirements.
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