So I purchased the 455 Rancher after hearing wonderful things about this saw. During the first day of use I found my left hand getting very hot. I stopped cutting to inspect the saw and found a hole burned through the chain break. It looks like the exhaust port is loacted on the top of the muffler. The hot gasses burned a hole through the plastic and started to burn through my glove. Is the the case with all 455s? Is there a fix for this? Please help! Is there a different muffler I can install, maybe one with a front gas port?. At this point the saw is only usable for about 15 minutes then it burns my hand. Thanks for your help and I eagerly await your reponce!
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So I've got this 2015-33 550XP that I got from a (non-local, forum sponsor) dealer (new) a couple months ago (August). When it's 85+ degrees F, it basically won't hot or warm restart. I can get it to fire, and it'll idle, but it takes lots of starts and lots of fiddling with the throttle to get it to rev. After it gets revved up and I get it in some wood, it'll clean up and act right. Using the purge bulb doesn't seem to help. Once it's acting right, it revs fine, etc.. Below 80F, there really aren't any problems with warm/hot restarts.
Also, I have problems being able to hit the throttle on like "first start of the day" kind of starts. It idles, but I can't get it to rev at all, and it'll die 5-6x, when I hit the throttle (even if I ease into it). Finally, it'll rev and run fine. Again, purge bulb doesn't seem to do much. It also very likely may have to do with the high side semi-vapor-locking the fuel out of it, from it being hot the last time I shut it down.
I've only run the Husky 50:1 XP Fuel pre-mix through it, so far, for warranty reasons. I've used about 2.5 quarts.
Is this a warranty deal, or is this just kind of "how they are?" I know there were some updates (2 rounds of them, looks like) since the date of this saws's mfg, and I knew about the updates at the time, but I guess I sort of under-estimated the amount of time that saws are both on the ocean, and sit on the shelf, and figured I'd be getting one with all the updates.
Gas is fresh (Husqvarna Gas) Having a lot of trouble getting warranty service. Pleasr advise
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