What is up with dealers revving the pizz out of a customers new saw. I have seen it at so many dealers and rural kings. Someone buys a saw they fire it up and just squeeze and hold the throttle for a long enough period that it cant be good. I understand firing it up and making sure its functioning properly. But a wot extended no load rev.... really? I ask that they not rev but just a quick function check. Am i alone here?
Just like when you take your vehicle in for service..................the asshats think your vehicle is an Indy car and the parking lot is the track!!!
Good long time dealers worth their salt can tach a saw with their ear. Sumdewfus at Rural King,,, not so much !
yep, i've watched my former boss do this several times with saws and weedwackers, rather than letting them run at idle for a little while before increasing the throttle.......
They are checking oiler function. If the tanks are dry, it takes a few seconds to get oil through the system and off the nose of the bar. They aren't doing anything to that engine that the manufacturer hasn't already done to it before it went in the box. Not hurting a thing.
Right after starting???? Will not oil make its way to the bar at idle and/or with just some snaps of the throttle?? I understand the manufacturer quality control testing..............but some gumby at a shop doing that to YOUR BRAND NEW SAW??? I think I need some more info from you before my mind is changed.
Like i said function checks ok... what rural king and a dealer do here is just stupid... im talking wot hold for a while one after another another another etc etc etc... its over done... and the rural king has a kid doing it... literally 16-18. He also tunes saws wayyyy lean and sits back there revving the dog pizz out of them. I cringe when im back there getting dog food n hear that
Last time I got lazy and took my saw to a dealer for a saw not oiling. did all my normal quick tricks and didn't solve it. When I took it in they said they needed the bar, chain and side cover which I left at home. I asked why and desk girl said to insure proper oiling to which I said really? Should have known then but like an idiot I went home and got them. Brought a new sprocket with me and said while they have it off to change it out and I want the old one as it wasn't even half wore yet. they said okay.When I went to pick it up they had thrown my sprocket out and charged me $20.00 to "install bar and chain" Admitted I asked for the sprocket and wouldn't even compensate 1/2 the cost to the bill. Never ever will I set foot in there again. If you find a good dealer, support them.
Oil into crank case not onto the bar WOT allows more mix into the saw and therefore more into crank case. I would let it idle 10-30 seconds at least. Just me personally.
It certainly makes us all cringe to hear someone revving a chainsaw at WOT for extended periods of time. Truth-be-told, a properly tuned saw can probably handle more of that than we would like to think . . . not that I'm advocating it. That said, a two-stroke engine really does need to be warm before doing that or it can in fact cause damage. Maybe not catastrophic, but it can cause streaking on the piston among other things. I've seen a few dealers do the same thing too and it bothers me. I'm very conservative and I keep a finger or two on the fins of the cylinder and wait until they're good & warm before I start paying attention to the throttle.
