I was running this saw for about 2 hours at about a 30-50% duty cycle ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxfQm1wmg0ItKDLavxj1nXtQY9HP7EF504 and it did a great job. I used the lever for the built in sharpener to clear chip buildup out more than to actually sharpen the chain. It managed to cut some hardwood stumps much larger than it's size without bothering the neighbors with hours of 2 stroke noise.
I like to tinker with old small engine equipment and I found a poulan pro 16 inch saw at the side of the road for free like 2 houses down from me and I cleaned the carburetor and it runs great it is now our main chainsaw so when people say poulan pro is garbage they are Lying because poulan and poulan pro are very good quality saws
The one we got hasn't been great. Ran good the first time we used it then the choke stuck in the off position. The old Poulan wild thing my dad used to have was a different story though, that thing was a beast!
I noticed that, too. My manual, and the one online, says 50:1. The video may be dated. I believe the previous generation of Poulan chainsaws might have needed 40:1. But the one here in this video seems to be 42cc w/18" bar, just like the PR4218 I now own. Go figure.
Many differences between "Poulan" and "Poulan Pro" saws- A/V, Strato scavenging for starters. I've had a couple "Pros" for 4-5 yrs as backups. Tossed junk "Torch" plug on 4218- strongly suggested. 5020 even gets used for some chainsaw milling. Much better saws, for the $, than anything Stihl offers, especially as factory refurbs, from VMInnovations.
I have 2 Poulan Pro 42CC and a WoodShark chainsaws and need to replace all of their fuel lines. Thanks to youtube, I'm seeing that oddly to me, the supply line from the tank (with the filter) is actually the smallest diameter fuel line, and the return line from the primer bulb, back to the tank is slightly larger in the ID diameter for some reason. I'd of bet it was the other way around, but that's not from what I found. I can't find the proper, smaller sized line locally anywhere, and I'm very tempted to simply drill out the hole in the tank a bit, and use the line I have found. I'm guessing Poulan's design engineers are way smarter than me for sure, so they must have their reasons for making the saws as they do. Why do you think these Poulan's even need to have 2 different sizes of fuel lines in the first place, and maybe more importantly, why do you think the supply line is the smaller of the lines? Thanks for your thoughts. Dave
I recently bought a 20-inch Poulan pro from Rural King. It never did start, so i exchanged it. Im buying a brand new gas container and getting fresh fuel. Hopefully, this time, it will start! Several people have returned them back to Rural King i found out.
My new poulan pro says 50 to 1 ratio mix. It's a 2018 model 4218. So I guess that changed on new ones. I use 50 to 1 on my 14 inch poulan saw that I've had for 3 years now. You all jump in on some advice don't want to screw up my saws; there in desperate need for fire wood
by the time you put on all this safety equipment,you will not be able to move....careful !! you spilled a 1/4 OZ. call epa !!...fence off area....put on mask...move any by standers at least 3 miles from the spill area.
These are basically good saws ,when you get one ,get the tool to adjust fuel mixture screws and adjust it to suit your conditions, some of them are to lean with the factory settings and are seizing and also use a 25-01or 30-01 fuel oil mix , the recommended fuel oil mix of 40 or 50 to 1 is NOT ENOUGH LUBRICATION!
Amen sir! Break them in rich, then lean them out, but not too much. Also, as you say, NEVER use 40 or 50:1! I find 30:1 works great, saw runs cool, still doesn't smoke. That 50:1 ratio is not for you, it's for some bureaucrat at the EPA!
How do you keep it running for more than 30 seconds? Do not have any of these running problems with my huskies. Cant keep ANY poulan PRO products running, like my blower. Am thinking that Poulan pro products do NOT have ANY quality checks before they are sold or the help that makes these items are poorly paid. Think I have learned NOT t,buy Poulan products!!
Do yourself a favor, and go with a stihl. I've only used a cheap poulan. But I never could keep the darn tensioner, even brand new out of the box, tight. Every few cuts, bam! Have to tighen it again. Bought a cheap stihl 170 for 180$. Just like the dealer said, it honestly is like having a cadillac, vs a geo metro. You put it on full choke, pull it five times. Half, you pull typically twice. Then when warm, next step up. The choke essentially primes it. But if you ever turn it off? While warm, mine starts almost always on the first pull. My 'one' issue with the stihl, the spark plug wire keeps coming off. Even brand new.
For some reason the Poulan Pro saw I have is not assembling like my other saws did. I have the excess chain which I cannot get to tighten due to that problem. I was wondering if this is the right chain for the saw as I got it from Wal-Mart with the bar, and chain off and I having to put it on. I have an older Poulan saw, and a Stihl saw which wasn't difficult to put the chain on the bar.
draining your saw can cause your diaphragms and gas lines to dry out the best thing u can do its a mix a quality oil with a stabilizer and start run your saw at least once a month to keep the fuel flowing in the carburetor and adjust your carburetor properly most running problems is carburetor being out of adjustment and metering lever under the diaphragm especially in new saws carburetor adjustment in saws needs them to be set correctly o the pistons don't melt the can melt over time or in one run time.
I think that I got the chain on correctly, but is having trouble starting the saw. The choke don't come out like it should. As much time as it is taking to get this saw started is a waste of my time, and waste of money also.
I have a poulan pro 18inch gas chain saw it starts up good i use it for a while and i turn it off and than after awhile i want to cut more wood and it wont start
Late read. Suggest check sparkplug gap. 30 thou tends to improve. Hot starting. The plug may need replacing, could be not functioning properly when hot. Good luck.
The amount of oil to be added may or may NOT be "the entire container of oil," depended on the amount of gasoline being treated and the size of the oil container. This is a very unprofessional video.
This guy says, Well there's nothing I can do, unless you bring it to me". So now I am going to return it to the store that I purchased it at to see if they will honor their in house satisfaction guarantee or full refund. I think they will. This is why it is important to always do business with a well established retailer. As far a poulan goes, I will send these posted comments to their headquarters and CEO if i can find his or her address as well as consumer reports and the BBB.
I had to tune my Pro 18", now it runs like a $400 saw. Replaced the bar and chain with an Oregon, and now it cuts (almost) as well as a $400 saw. My buddies are embarrassed that my Poulan starts, runs, idles, and cuts so well. If their fancy saws are not well tuned and sharp, they know they are beaten. It's a shame that "clean" Poulan factory tuning degrades such a nice engine, it's a shame they put such shoddy bars and chains on them.
It's all about the big-box-store price-point. Proper bar & chain are cheap from forester, frawley's or bailey's. Proper plug and Husqy carb tool cost a couple bux. Many bux saved. Way better buys than small homeowner stihls, IMO. (Saw-chain filing is a valuable art.)
I bought one of these saws the other day. it never ran, right out of the box. I had to exchange it for another one, which doesn't run properly, makes awful grinding noises, and shoots sparks off the chain. The plastic is cheap and brittle, and has a reputation for melting under the heat of the muffler and engine. Spend the extra $100 and get a Husky or Sthil. Never buy a Poulan product, especially chainsaws, their chains are well known to fly off the blade and can cause serious injury or death.
it would help if he was showing us what you are saying because i have no idea what any of those keywords are so to demenstrate at the same time would show me what you are talking about like4 with the starting process.you just tell us but not show2 us. im about to go get hurt now thanks for nothing
The second lady at the second call center told me as well that since i put fluids in the out of box brand new, never been started 18 inch poulan chain saw they will not refund my purchase or exchange for a new one. She told me to call a local repair shop that is authorize by them to repair there brand new out of box never been started 18 inch poulan chain saw. I call both of the shops that she gave me the number to. One would not answer, The other one was quick to ask me, did i put fluid in it
You have to get the saw started before you need any safety gear......the only safety gear need is those around you when you throw the saw violently because you just yanked your guts out
I told her that Poulan owes me the gas money to and from the place i brought it and something for my time. I request a manufactures coupon of some sort and she told me she was not the manufacture, I will have to call another number. So in other words the number in the book is a eat shit number. She said they were just a call center. She gave me the correct number, I called, when through the same story, then the lady on the next number told me she was just a call center as well. Brand new saw
Suggestion: Hire a Tuber to do your videos, this is awful. Examples: @6:57 "grab the starter handle with your right hand" (showed the 'T" handle being grabbed with the left hand in the video) @7:10 - 7:20 three separate steps are spoken, steps demonstrated well enough to see: Zero. I tuned in to see a demonstration of the chain brake in operation, kind of important and unique to chainsaws, I guess I'll keep looking... Personal Opinion. you should delete this video, and try again. This is marketing 101, Hire someone who knows how to connect with people and can cover what should be covered, to the degree it should be done.
Dip your index finger into the tank being certain it touches the bottom. remove finger and slowly lick finger taking notice how high it tastes of premix. 80% is just above the 2nd knuckle, any higher and you risk a deadly explosion and fire.
I have husky 455 rancher and poulan pro 50cc saw obviously husky stihl and echoes are better but my poulan has cut roughly 60 cords of hard wood mostly oak and as long as chain is sharp the thing cuts through with plenty of power it has 20 inch bar and I cut big trees I feel like most people are just morons and shouldn't be using any kinda chainsaw
You do mention how to repair the problem with the new saws. seems to be a problem with ALL Poulan products. My brand new chainsaw runs, have to keep my finger on the throttle or the engine will not stay running. if it stalls, I have to wait until it cools down before I can start it again. Maybe you should tell the people the only ones that work are the refurbished chainsaws. Actually I tell everyone I know I know about these problems. Tell them what junk they are. Poulan pro ONLY wants make money and doesn't care about quality!
i brought a new 18 inch poulan chain saw. Took it home filled it. Won't start. Red button is stuck in down position. Off. Blue button won't pull out far enough to reset the red button up to the on position. I called the number in the book. She said,"Did you put fluids in it?" I said, "Yes, of course, how am i going to start it with out fluids?: She said" Well there's nothing we can do, we won't take it back and we won't refund your money". I said "You owe me more than just my purchase price"
why did you buy the shit saw in the first place? when you are buying something you know nothing about go to a repair shop and ask their opinion they will tell you. as far as your saw throw it away and go buy a quality saw everybody knows poulans are junk
Then this guy tells me he can't give free advice over the phone and they can not make a work order and get paid on it for telling me how to fix it. He told me to bring it to him. I said, "you come here and charge Poulan for the trip". He said " I can't do that, I won't get paid for that". I said, "How do you think I feel, I won't get paid for the trip to purchase it, the time I lost trying to start it, the fluids I have to drain out of it, the trip to bring it to you and the trip back".
I was running this saw for about 2 hours at about a 30-50% duty cycle ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxfQm1wmg0ItKDLavxj1nXtQY9HP7EF504 and it did a great job. I used the lever for the built in sharpener to clear chip buildup out more than to actually sharpen the chain. It managed to cut some hardwood stumps much larger than it's size without bothering the neighbors with hours of 2 stroke noise.
I like to tinker with old small engine equipment and I found a poulan pro 16 inch saw at the side of the road for free like 2 houses down from me and I cleaned the carburetor and it runs great it is now our main chainsaw so when people say poulan pro is garbage they are Lying because poulan and poulan pro are very good quality saws
Made by Husqvarna, share many of the same parts. People just don't take the care little 2 strokes require.
The one we got hasn't been great. Ran good the first time we used it then the choke stuck in the off position. The old Poulan wild thing my dad used to have was a different story though, that thing was a beast!
I have a new Poulan and its actually 50:1. I got it started in 2 minutes and it ran all afternoon.
I noticed that, too. My manual, and the one online, says 50:1. The video may be dated. I believe the previous generation of Poulan chainsaws might have needed 40:1. But the one here in this video seems to be 42cc w/18" bar, just like the PR4218 I now own. Go figure.
@@berkeleygang1834 Video dated 2013, right below the title.
Many differences between "Poulan" and "Poulan Pro" saws- A/V, Strato scavenging for starters. I've had a couple "Pros" for 4-5 yrs as backups. Tossed junk "Torch" plug on 4218- strongly suggested. 5020 even gets used for some chainsaw milling. Much better saws, for the $, than anything Stihl offers, especially as factory refurbs, from VMInnovations.
I have 2 Poulan Pro 42CC and a WoodShark chainsaws and need to replace all of their fuel lines.
Thanks to youtube, I'm seeing that oddly to me, the supply line from the tank (with the filter) is actually the smallest diameter fuel line, and the return line from the primer bulb, back to the tank is slightly larger in the ID diameter for some reason.
I'd of bet it was the other way around, but that's not from what I found.
I can't find the proper, smaller sized line locally anywhere, and I'm very tempted to simply drill out the hole in the tank a bit, and use the line I have found. I'm guessing Poulan's design engineers are way smarter than me for sure, so they must have their reasons for making the saws as they do.
Why do you think these Poulan's even need to have 2 different sizes of fuel lines in the first place, and maybe more importantly, why do you think the supply line is the smaller of the lines?
Thanks for your thoughts.
Dave
The man in the video looks like he's ready to rob a bank
I recently bought a 20-inch Poulan pro from Rural King. It never did start, so i exchanged it. Im buying a brand new gas container and getting fresh fuel. Hopefully, this time, it will start! Several people have returned them back to Rural King i found out.
Brand new out of the box. Won't start. Not even turning over. Gas is 40:1 and is running in a Troybilt trimmer with no problems.
Having the exact same issue today. Echo or Stihl in my future.
it was the spark plug. you have to gap it
My new poulan pro says 50 to 1 ratio mix. It's a 2018 model 4218. So I guess that changed on new ones. I use 50 to 1 on my 14 inch poulan saw that I've had for 3 years now. You all jump in on some advice don't want to screw up my saws; there in desperate need for fire wood
by the time you put on all this safety equipment,you will not be able to move....careful !! you spilled a 1/4 OZ. call epa !!...fence off area....put on mask...move any by standers at least 3 miles from the spill area.
These are basically good saws ,when you get one ,get the tool to adjust fuel mixture screws and adjust it to suit your conditions, some of them are to lean with the factory settings and are seizing and also use a 25-01or 30-01 fuel oil mix , the recommended fuel oil mix of 40 or 50 to 1 is NOT ENOUGH LUBRICATION!
Amen sir! Break them in rich, then lean them out, but not too much. Also, as you say, NEVER use 40 or 50:1! I find 30:1 works great, saw runs cool, still doesn't smoke. That 50:1 ratio is not for you, it's for some bureaucrat at the EPA!
What do you down the on/off switch doesn't move?
did i miss something or did they not explain putting oil in after the gas oil mixture
How do you keep it running for more than 30 seconds?
Do not have any of these running problems with my huskies. Cant keep ANY poulan PRO products running, like my blower. Am thinking that Poulan pro products do NOT have ANY quality checks before they are sold or the help that makes these items are poorly paid.
Think I have learned NOT t,buy Poulan products!!
yep, never had a problem after rebuilding my Stihl and Chinese saws....Poulans just DONT want to run
Thank you for the intro video. That was helpful.
My Poulan P3816 is really hard to start. Next time I'm getting a stihl with easy to start.
Do yourself a favor, and go with a stihl. I've only used a cheap poulan. But I never could keep the darn tensioner, even brand new out of the box, tight. Every few cuts, bam! Have to tighen it again. Bought a cheap stihl 170 for 180$. Just like the dealer said, it honestly is like having a cadillac, vs a geo metro.
You put it on full choke, pull it five times. Half, you pull typically twice. Then when warm, next step up. The choke essentially primes it. But if you ever turn it off? While warm, mine starts almost always on the first pull.
My 'one' issue with the stihl, the spark plug wire keeps coming off. Even brand new.
? I said next time i'm getting a stihl...
Shit I'd be out with flip flops shorts my wife beater and running my 660.
For some reason the Poulan Pro saw I have is not assembling like my other saws did. I have the excess chain which I cannot get to tighten due to that problem. I was wondering if this is the right chain for the saw as I got it from Wal-Mart with the bar, and chain off and I having to put it on. I have an older Poulan saw, and a Stihl saw which wasn't difficult to put the chain on the bar.
draining your saw can cause your diaphragms and gas lines to dry out the best thing u can do its a mix a quality oil with a stabilizer and start run your saw at least once a month to keep the fuel flowing in the carburetor and adjust your carburetor properly most running problems is carburetor being out of adjustment and metering lever under the diaphragm especially in new saws carburetor adjustment in saws needs them to be set correctly o the pistons don't melt the can melt over time or in one run time.
I think that I got the chain on correctly, but is having trouble starting the saw. The choke don't come out like it should. As much time as it is taking to get this saw started is a waste of my time, and waste of money also.
I could not get my saw to start and took it to the shop for repair, and have yet to see it finished being repaired.
cause it's a poulan Junk
do you have to mix oil and gas every time you fill you the take
shit man get a electric saw
I have a poulan pro 18inch gas chain saw it starts up good i use it for a while and i turn it off and than after awhile i want to cut more wood and it wont start
Late read. Suggest check sparkplug gap. 30 thou tends to improve. Hot starting. The plug may need replacing, could be not functioning properly when hot. Good luck.
That’s because like both of mine it’s a PIECE OF SHIT!!
The amount of oil to be added may or may NOT be "the entire container of oil," depended on the amount of gasoline being treated and the size of the oil container. This is a very unprofessional video.
"Throtle lock" essentail to starting is not identified.
Thomas Linton all you will have to do is pull the choke
Very helpful thanks for posting this video
Like they say it's a pullin any ways it's a good starter saw but and good for cutting limbs about 4inches thick
This guy says, Well there's nothing I can do, unless you bring it to me". So now I am going to return it to the store that I purchased it at to see if they will honor their in house satisfaction guarantee or full refund. I think they will. This is why it is important to always do business with a well established retailer. As far a poulan goes, I will send these posted comments to their headquarters and CEO if i can find his or her address as well as consumer reports and the BBB.
Anyone know what size file to sharpen the 20 in pro
Fire extinguisher now you tell me. I had Many of these sponaly combust.
Instructions on oil/gas mixture contradicts manual that came with saw and on-line manual. -- all of which call for 50/1 ratio.
This was made in 2013, all of the older Poulan Pro models used to be 40:1. They are now 50:1.
I'll stick with 40-1 my opinion it's better for the engine. Government regulations is why they went to 50-1.
I had to tune my Pro 18", now it runs like a $400 saw. Replaced the bar and chain with an Oregon, and now it cuts (almost) as well as a $400 saw. My buddies are embarrassed that my Poulan starts, runs, idles, and cuts so well. If their fancy saws are not well tuned and sharp, they know they are beaten. It's a shame that "clean" Poulan factory tuning degrades such a nice engine, it's a shame they put such shoddy bars and chains on them.
It's all about the big-box-store price-point. Proper bar & chain are cheap from forester, frawley's or bailey's. Proper plug and Husqy carb tool cost a couple bux. Many bux saved. Way better buys than small homeowner stihls, IMO. (Saw-chain filing is a valuable art.)
How do I get feeling in my hands again after I've ran my Poulan for a few hours? Just kidding. Imagine getting a Poulan to run that long, lol.
I bought one of these saws the other day. it never ran, right out of the box. I had to exchange it for another one, which doesn't run properly, makes awful grinding noises, and shoots sparks off the chain. The plastic is cheap and brittle, and has a reputation for melting under the heat of the muffler and engine.
Spend the extra $100 and get a Husky or Sthil. Never buy a Poulan product, especially chainsaws, their chains are well known to fly off the blade and can cause serious injury or death.
it was the spark plug. you have to gap it
Thank you jesus he saw the light at the end of that long dark tunnel👍
it would help if he was showing us what you are saying because i have no idea what any of those keywords are so to demenstrate at the same time would show me what you are talking about like4 with the starting process.you just tell us but not show2 us. im about to go get hurt now thanks for nothing
How full should the oil be? Bar & chain oil
@Michael Fresh thanks for the response!
G.v
DIDN'T show how to set chain break to cut wood. You just talked about it. Not a dull how-to.
don't step out of the box. stay in the box with chainsaw.
About to send mine back for a return. Won't even start.
The second lady at the second call center told me as well that since i put fluids in the out of box brand new, never been started 18 inch poulan chain saw they will not refund my purchase or exchange for a new one. She told me to call a local repair shop that is authorize by them to repair there brand new out of box never been started 18 inch poulan chain saw. I call both of the shops that she gave me the number to. One would not answer, The other one was quick to ask me, did i put fluid in it
You have to get the saw started before you need any safety gear......the only safety gear need is those around you when you throw the saw violently because you just yanked your guts out
I told her that Poulan owes me the gas money to and from the place i brought it and something for my time. I request a manufactures coupon of some sort and she told me she was not the manufacture, I will have to call another number. So in other words the number in the book is a eat shit number. She said they were just a call center. She gave me the correct number, I called, when through the same story, then the lady on the next number told me she was just a call center as well.
Brand new saw
Marked on my Polulan Pro 50:1 ratio
Why don't they make Log Dogs for these Chain saws. You know those teeth near the chain adjustment.
poulan pro gas chain saws are ok mine starts every
Nice
Suggestion: Hire a Tuber to do your videos, this is awful. Examples:
@6:57 "grab the starter handle with your right hand" (showed the 'T" handle being grabbed with the left hand in the video)
@7:10 - 7:20 three separate steps are spoken, steps demonstrated well enough to see: Zero.
I tuned in to see a demonstration of the chain brake in operation, kind of important and unique to chainsaws, I guess I'll keep looking...
Personal Opinion. you should delete this video, and try again. This is marketing 101, Hire someone who knows how to connect with people and can cover what should be covered, to the degree it should be done.
How does one tell what "80% of capacity is?
Dip your index finger into the tank being certain it touches the bottom. remove finger and slowly lick finger taking notice how high it tastes of premix. 80% is just above the 2nd knuckle, any higher and you risk a deadly explosion and fire.
I have husky 455 rancher and poulan pro 50cc saw obviously husky stihl and echoes are better but my poulan has cut roughly 60 cords of hard wood mostly oak and as long as chain is sharp the thing cuts through with plenty of power it has 20 inch bar and I cut big trees I feel like most people are just morons and shouldn't be using any kinda chainsaw
i think the moron is you for buying one dumb ass
I think it's an exaggeration for you to claim to think. Why must you be so unpleasant to anyone not in your bubble?
Proper way to operate a poulan is throw it in the scrap pile and buy a stihl
With a poulan youll need all that and more ,what a pile of turd
Obviously, far too dangerous to use.
I know how ro operate that poulan pro ,throw it in the trash
You do mention how to repair the problem with the new saws. seems to be a problem with ALL Poulan products. My brand new chainsaw runs, have to keep my finger on the throttle or the engine will not stay running. if it stalls, I have to wait until it cools down before I can start it again. Maybe you should tell the people the only ones that work are the refurbished chainsaws.
Actually I tell everyone I know I know about these problems. Tell them what junk they are. Poulan pro ONLY wants make money and doesn't care about quality!
Hiz grammarz ar coreclol.
Everything was great till you stopped showing and just started telling. That doesn't help and now I have to watch another video. Waste of 8 minutes.
i brought a new 18 inch poulan chain saw. Took it home filled it. Won't start. Red button is stuck in down position. Off. Blue button won't pull out far enough to reset the red button up to the on position. I called the number in the book. She said,"Did you put fluids in it?" I said, "Yes, of course, how am i going to start it with out fluids?: She said" Well there's nothing we can do, we won't take it back and we won't refund your money". I said "You owe me more than just my purchase price"
why did you buy the shit saw in the first place? when you are buying something you know nothing about go to a repair shop and ask their opinion they will tell you. as far as your saw throw it away and go buy a quality saw everybody knows poulans are junk
Then this guy tells me he can't give free advice over the phone and they can not make a work order and get paid on it for telling me how to fix it. He told me to bring it to him. I said, "you come here and charge Poulan for the trip". He said " I can't do that, I won't get paid for that". I said, "How do you think I feel, I won't get paid for the trip to purchase it, the time I lost trying to start it, the fluids I have to drain out of it, the trip to bring it to you and the trip back".
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and no customer support either. total shit company
And don't buy one from Canadian tire, they don't do refunds for the shit products the refuse to stand behind.