I have a NEW 450 that is hard, no, impossible to start, after the first start and use. No matter what I do, choke, no choke;
compression button in, then out: prime no prime. The piece of junk refuses to start unless I let it sit for hours, or better yet,
over night or for day(s). Forget what the company rep or dealer says about the gas destroying the saw or making it hard
to start. How can that be the case when the saw is new out of box and has less than 3 hours of runtime?
The issue with my saw is not the gas or the gas line failing. The failure is right out of the factory. I will give the dealer
one chance to repair this piece of crap. If I get it back and it does the same thing, I'm putting it in a box and sending it
Corp for my money and the cost of S&H plus insurance.
I would have better off buying two Echos for the price of one Husky 450. At least I would have a back up.