Post #474041 by tikisbytyler on Mon, Aug 3, 2009 12:55 PM

In addition to all of the above possibilities, I have had a couple of saws that required carburetor adjustments after the first few uses. The factory settings are not very dependable, especially in homelite and poulan models. If you are not familiar with carb adjusting yourself, maybe you have a local lawn guy that would be willing to take a peek? If nothing else works, take it back where you purchased it.