First of all, thank you very much for this thorough and easy-to-follow video. This was my first (ever!) small engine repair, and it went surprisingly (for me) smoothly. I do want to say that my repair kit came with 2 hoses - one thicker and black, and one thinner and translucent green. Following your instructions, I tried the thicker, blacker one first. Spent waaaaaay too long fighting with it before experimenting with the thinner green one, and I found that that was the right one for my saw. Just wanted to say that for anyone else struggling with that part. :) Thanks again!!
The link in your description doesn’t appear to be the right carb kit…the picture Amazon is showing doesn’t match up to this saw. Do you have the correct part number/link?
Can you tell me where to purchase this arb kit that you installed on a 4218 home lite chainsaw it was a hips brand and do you have the part number thanx
I just spent 33 bucks on a new chain for one of these and started it up. It gets hotter than any saw I've ever used. So hot it seems dangerous to use. Any ideas on why this might be? I'll check a few things today, but was just looking for ideas. It has the correct champion plug (do these run hot, i wonder)? I didn't change the old gas, of which there was a small bit, but I did add 50:1 engineered gas and ran it on that. Perhaps it needs a filter change or even the carb cleaned out by now... I just wanted to see if it would start and run. But its just running too hot. Everything seems clean. Not a speck of dust in the cooling fins, nor in the fan. Can't think of what would be causing this. Just wondered if you'd seen any overheating like this for no apparent reason. Also, do you know if there is any way to adjust the oiling gallery or is the pump just set at one speed? It seems like the chain isn't getting oiled as well as it should...
Oiler is set no adjustment. These are are cooled. Onlything that would make it overheat is clogged fins or no oil in the gas. If its running correct there is no need to do carb. These are just cheap so you feel the heat more.
@@smallengineguys That's the hottest saw I've ever run across. After just a couple minutes running, the thing was smoking. I'm going to put some marvel mystery oil down the cylinder before I start it up again. Not sure what happened to cause it to run hot like that. I figure the thing would go off like a bomb if I used it much longer than five minutes. I wish I had an infrared thermometer to measure the temperature. Much higher than my CS-510 or any other saw I have.
First of all, thank you very much for this thorough and easy-to-follow video. This was my first (ever!) small engine repair, and it went surprisingly (for me) smoothly. I do want to say that my repair kit came with 2 hoses - one thicker and black, and one thinner and translucent green. Following your instructions, I tried the thicker, blacker one first. Spent waaaaaay too long fighting with it before experimenting with the thinner green one, and I found that that was the right one for my saw. Just wanted to say that for anyone else struggling with that part. :)
Thanks again!!
Yeah some have the thinner hose.
Great video. It certainly will guide me through this procedure with my Homelite 4218c. Thanks!
Great video. Will certainly help to guide me through performing this very procedure on my Homelite 4218c. Thanks!
Great video! Thanks for sharing exactly what I'm about to go through. To bad you don't have videos for all the repairs I do.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Glad to help
It isn’t necessary to remove the handle. The carb will come right out. I have this very saw.
This would drive anyone crazy
Great video , thanks
The link in your description doesn’t appear to be the right carb kit…the picture Amazon is showing doesn’t match up to this saw. Do you have the correct part number/link?
it is correct
Try the link yourself it brings you to a completely different carburator.
Maybe this one. The link to the Hipa is a different animal. I go to Hipa, they do not show one for Homelite 4218c.
@@MatsumuraSeito it's it I promise
@@smallengineguys okay, i'll try it. If does not work, you owe be a sic pack, lol.
Do you have a part # for that kit you used from hipa for the 4218 homelite
no. i gave you the link already. hipa carb kit
amzn.to/3yrSH8x
Can you tell me where to purchase this arb kit that you installed on a 4218 home lite chainsaw it was a hips brand and do you have the part number thanx
hipa carb kit
amzn.to/3yrSH8x
Do you have the part number for that carb
hipa carb kit
amzn.to/3yrSH8x
I just spent 33 bucks on a new chain for one of these and started it up. It gets hotter than any saw I've ever used. So hot it seems dangerous to use. Any ideas on why this might be? I'll check a few things today, but was just looking for ideas. It has the correct champion plug (do these run hot, i wonder)? I didn't change the old gas, of which there was a small bit, but I did add 50:1 engineered gas and ran it on that. Perhaps it needs a filter change or even the carb cleaned out by now... I just wanted to see if it would start and run. But its just running too hot. Everything seems clean. Not a speck of dust in the cooling fins, nor in the fan. Can't think of what would be causing this. Just wondered if you'd seen any overheating like this for no apparent reason. Also, do you know if there is any way to adjust the oiling gallery or is the pump just set at one speed? It seems like the chain isn't getting oiled as well as it should...
Oiler is set no adjustment. These are are cooled. Onlything that would make it overheat is clogged fins or no oil in the gas. If its running correct there is no need to do carb. These are just cheap so you feel the heat more.
@@smallengineguys That's the hottest saw I've ever run across. After just a couple minutes running, the thing was smoking. I'm going to put some marvel mystery oil down the cylinder before I start it up again. Not sure what happened to cause it to run hot like that. I figure the thing would go off like a bomb if I used it much longer than five minutes. I wish I had an infrared thermometer to measure the temperature. Much higher than my CS-510 or any other saw I have.
@@smallengineguys Thanks for the oil adjustment answer too, btw. I'll remove the bar and take a look at the oiler while I'm running it next time.
prbably not hot. the gas evaporates leaving oil in the tank. when you add more gas now it has way to much oil and smokes
could be stripped may need a new one
The link you add for Amazon for the carburetor isn't even the right carburetor
yes it is
Hipa brand
hipa carb kit
amzn.to/3yrSH8x