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it starts ok first thing but after that icant seem to start it

First of all i must say i much prefer the Sthil TS400 to a makita saw any way that said it isn’t helping you, you don’t say how old the saw is but it sounds like the piston rings have worn (Does it have compression when hot (does it have resistance when you pull it over)), i know on the TS400 this isn’t a major job but not having worked on many makita’s I’m not sure what is involved, the makita is really a dolmar saw made in Italy, just another thought, if you have a new spark plug for it you could try changing that first as the plug might be breaking down when hot (start with the easy things first).

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1. spud Says:
   July 2nd, 2010 at 3:16 am

   First of all i must say i much prefer the Sthil TS400 to a makita saw any way that said it isn’t helping you, you don’t say how old the saw is but it sounds like the piston rings have worn (Does it have compression when hot (does it have resistance when you pull it over)), i know on the TS400 this isn’t a major job but not having worked on many makita’s I’m not sure what is involved, the makita is really a dolmar saw made in Italy, just another thought, if you have a new spark plug for it you could try changing that first as the plug might be breaking down when hot (start with the easy things first).
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