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I have a 38cc champion chainsaw. The hi, lo and idle settings are all wronge so i cant get working correctly. Could you please tell me how to get the wright settings for it? cheers Nick

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Hi Nick and welcome to FixYa. I am Kelly

If your starting from scratch do this:
1. First off completely remove the jets one at a time and inspect for a point on the end of the jet. If one of the points is missing it is stuck in the body of the carb and will have to be removed. (I have had to replace carbs because of this due to the fact the piont proke off in the body and could not get the broken piece out of the carb body)
2. Re install each jet and screw it in until it reaches the closed position until they just stop moving DO NOT over tighten.
3. Open each jet 1.5 turns from closed
4. Start the chain saw and accelerate to max speed
5. Adjust the high jet so that under no load it no longer sputters / misses
6. Let unit return to idle
7. As soon as it reaches idle accerate to full throttle again
a. Repeat the return to idle and accelerate process and adjust the low jet setting so that the chainsaw does not hesitate when you rapidly accelerate the engine.
8. Adjust the idle speed so that the chain saw idles but does not rotate the chain.

That is pretty much 2 jet / 2 cycle carb adjustment 101.

Make sure you have the air filter installed when making final adjustments as air filters can cause it to perform differently when installed vs removed especially if the filter is not clean.

Make MINOR 1/8 th turn or less adjustments as your going through the adjustment process!

Thanks for choosing FixYa.

Kelly

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