I have found that my chainsaw, a Stihl MS171, once I have started it with the choke on it will always die when I start to run the throttle, which automatically takes the choke off.
I think this is because it is not warm internally, it lives in a cold garage, because once it has warmed up it runs fine and will restart and run fine.
So I have got into the, probably bad, habit of starting it and then letting it run with the choke on for a couple of minutes. Thus far that has worked okay, it runs when I rev the throttle.
A few days ago I left it running with the choke on for a bit longer than usual and it just died. When I tried to restart it, I could not pull the starter cable and the chain would not run on the drive sprocket.
I have removed the cover that contains the starter assembly, that moves okay detached from the machine.
Inside that is something that looks a bit like an impeller. That will turn by hand and it seems like the internals are moving, resistance on that 'impeller' increases and then suddenly drops, when that happens there is a sound of something moving and the shaft of the drive sprocket seems to move.
I cleaned out a reasonable amount of muck and re-attached the starter assembly cover but it is no better than before.
Is there anything straightforward I can do to sort this out?
If not there is a good shop / service place near me and I will take it there.
I think this is because it is not warm internally, it lives in a cold garage, because once it has warmed up it runs fine and will restart and run fine.
So I have got into the, probably bad, habit of starting it and then letting it run with the choke on for a couple of minutes. Thus far that has worked okay, it runs when I rev the throttle.
A few days ago I left it running with the choke on for a bit longer than usual and it just died. When I tried to restart it, I could not pull the starter cable and the chain would not run on the drive sprocket.
I have removed the cover that contains the starter assembly, that moves okay detached from the machine.
Inside that is something that looks a bit like an impeller. That will turn by hand and it seems like the internals are moving, resistance on that 'impeller' increases and then suddenly drops, when that happens there is a sound of something moving and the shaft of the drive sprocket seems to move.
I cleaned out a reasonable amount of muck and re-attached the starter assembly cover but it is no better than before.
Is there anything straightforward I can do to sort this out?
If not there is a good shop / service place near me and I will take it there.