A look at the steps required to do a basic tune up on the Echo CS310 chainsaw. These procedures are similar for Husqvarna and Stihl chainsaws too. #smallenginerepair
I have had this saw for six years. It is awesome. I have bigger saws. but the 310 does a great job for how it was intended. Of the four saws I own, this one gets used 50% of the time.
I've got this saw, an I will say that I'm not a professional chainsaw operator. This is my first gas chainsaw that I got for 50 bucks used an pretty much what I can afford as compared to a 500$ chainsaw. I live off grid in the mountains an I use it daily an use it hard cutting down trees the diameter of the 16" oregon bar an cut those into rounds etc. For about a year an a half now. Still works fantastic. I can also say it's durable. It's been ran over by a 34' class A motorhome, fallen down cliffs an off the back of an ATV doing 40mph, an buried in snow. The only things I've had to do to it the entire time was replaced the handle assembly, pull cord, an the two blade nuts. When I put the new plastic on, I missed the choke so I've been starting it without the whole time. Figured I'd give it some attention an found your video.
Just came across this. Great video! I have this saw along with the CS-590 with a 24” bar. My main use for the CS-310 are taking down small trees and limbing. I have a couple of old neck and shoulder injuries I needed something that was lighter and easier to manage with the small stuff. It’s a great little saw, works even better if you square file the chain too.
I'll agree with Jif... I have a MS362 as my felling saw but it wears me out for limbing. Take this saw, throw away (or use for cutting roots) the stock bar and chain and replace with a real 14" Oregon bar and a VXL chain. I also threw away the limiter caps and gutted the CC out of the muffler. With a proper tune this saw runs amazing. I'm not a professional but this saw has seen around 30 hours of runtime per year for the past 8 years. Will it cut what my MS362M will? Nope, but it sees more runtime than my pro Stihl saw does.
We moved to the country and of course...I had no tools for taking care of our property. I'm also cheap, but not stupid doing my homework before spending. I bought this saw and it has been the most dependable equipment besides the Echo string trimmer purchased.
Echo makes great saws though some of the newer models have that clamshell style air filter. You have to use grease where it snaps together and on the base or they will ingest fines. The older designed saws like the CS 370/400 had a round pleated paper filter that was awesome.
I run a construction business and run one of these daily. Mostly for demolition. They are compact and good for getting into tight areas. Far better then the cheap unbranded Chinese starter Saws.
Just an update on the saw. After a couple years Its been back to the shop a few times. It would start and idle but bog down under throttle. The shop blamed fuel for being left in the saw for more than 4 months at a time or use of modern fuel (E10). I find this hard to believe as my older 2 stroke machines from the 80s, 90s and even 70s all work flawlessly even with old fuel and even after being left for months without use. I recently stripped the carb down and it looked extremely clean. Never had this issue with any other 2 stroke machine.
As for the dirt near the intake, it just does that from factory. I remember opening up mine for its first maintenance and was shocked and disappointed. I reinstalled with a thin coat of RTV and it’s air tight now
I would use “professional grade” lightly. It’s good for the back of truck when there’s downed limbs. I don’t see an arborist using this as their main saw, obviously. But it is reliable which would provide some professional grade to some trades
Theres another way to look at it. There are some "professionals" that probably shouldn't be running more than this saw. Like many saws, they are reliable with the proper use and care.
I like this saw. Works well. Tore up the original bar and chain. Anyone can tell me if I can run the KAKEI 18”, 3/8 LP pitch, .050 gauge, 62 drive links onto my Echo CS 310?
I have cs 400 18” bar and I love it has plenty enough power for any regular no rush person startes easy for a cheaper saw especially once broken in Gose through gas like fasssst lol I use it like 1-2 times year Great purchase and much Easyer to repair then Craftman polan pieace of rat beeep The cs400 is rpm saw with decent torq I like it better the husky 450 rancher for my light use I will say it so easy to fix / get to everything I can it being used daily but never done so Will say gas gose fast lol 😂 the bigger saw that’s definitely we’re they have a advantage U get two tanks before refilling oil as well lol
Pretty Sure the air filter just has issues. I had a new one I ran for maybe 3 days, opened it up and this is what I also saw from factory. Dust behind the filter. Looks like its getting in from somewhere on the seal. I cleaned and put a small line of grease on the mating surface(s)
Great demonstration, thanks! 👍👍. How easy or difficult is it to get to the carb to check fuel, filter and primer line connections or to replace/rebuild the carb?
The cs310 is a cost effective saw, but I'd like to put a 12 inch bar and chain on one to use it for trimming tree limbs. Because it is a pretty light weight saw and changing a bar is much cheaper then buying a top handle saw. Any suggestions?
Loosen the bar nuts. Hold the tip of the bar up while tightening the adjusting screw located near the bar nuts. When the bottom of the chain touches the bar then you are close. Tighten enough that the chain kinda snaps back when lifed off the bar.
New to operating one of these. As much as I would like to blame the saw for the oil leak perhaps its OE...this thing is still new and used only a handful of times. I cannot figure out why the leak is occurring or where from? I do know its coming from the bottom but I cannot see damage of any sort. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated..
Chainsaws are low use items for most people. I drain my saw of bar and chain oil before I store it. Every saw I have ever owned has leaked bar and chain oil.
You're right, its important to check the oiler system. If the chain would have been dry I would have run the saw with the bar off for inspection. What you never see in these videos is when I take the saw outside, cut with it and adjust the carb. I always check the oiler then. Thanks for watching.
Echo is meh, reliable and solid, but really lack performance compared to Stihl and Husqvarna for sure, but Way better than poulan and craftsman garbage. I have 6 Stihl saws, 1 echo, and some vintage stuff, ive run a lot of saws....echo is a safe choice if you dont have lots of cash to dump
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I have had this saw for six years. It is awesome. I have bigger saws. but the 310 does a great job for how it was intended. Of the four saws I own, this one gets used 50% of the time.
When you need a big saw you grab one but most of the time these smaller ones are just easier to use.
Just got one today from my uncle. He's retiring from yard work so he gave it to me. I enjoyed your video. Thanks for the information.
Thanks for watching!
I've got this saw, an I will say that I'm not a professional chainsaw operator. This is my first gas chainsaw that I got for 50 bucks used an pretty much what I can afford as compared to a 500$ chainsaw. I live off grid in the mountains an I use it daily an use it hard cutting down trees the diameter of the 16" oregon bar an cut those into rounds etc. For about a year an a half now. Still works fantastic. I can also say it's durable. It's been ran over by a 34' class A motorhome, fallen down cliffs an off the back of an ATV doing 40mph, an buried in snow. The only things I've had to do to it the entire time was replaced the handle assembly, pull cord, an the two blade nuts. When I put the new plastic on, I missed the choke so I've been starting it without the whole time. Figured I'd give it some attention an found your video.
That says a lot about the durability of this simple chainsaw. Thanks for watching.
Just came across this. Great video! I have this saw along with the CS-590 with a 24” bar. My main use for the CS-310 are taking down small trees and limbing. I have a couple of old neck and shoulder injuries I needed something that was lighter and easier to manage with the small stuff. It’s a great little saw, works even better if you square file the chain too.
I believe its one of the easiest starting saws that will still actually get a little bit of work done.
I have the same saws. I use the 310 for almost everything, and only break out the timberwolf for big stuff
I'll agree with Jif... I have a MS362 as my felling saw but it wears me out for limbing. Take this saw, throw away (or use for cutting roots) the stock bar and chain and replace with a real 14" Oregon bar and a VXL chain. I also threw away the limiter caps and gutted the CC out of the muffler. With a proper tune this saw runs amazing. I'm not a professional but this saw has seen around 30 hours of runtime per year for the past 8 years. Will it cut what my MS362M will? Nope, but it sees more runtime than my pro Stihl saw does.
Great little saw… took the limiter caps off now it runs great. Keep up the good work 👍
Thanks for watching!
We moved to the country and of course...I had no tools for taking care of our property. I'm also cheap, but not stupid doing my homework before spending. I bought this saw and it has been the most dependable equipment besides the Echo string trimmer purchased.
I sometimes feel is way under rated. As a mechanic I can say their equipment holds up pretty well and isn't overly difficult to service.
I have 5 echo saws been very good to me an their always Ready when i am so i have more time to chase my woman aroun the room w her echo cap on
Echo makes great saws though some of the newer models have that clamshell style air filter. You have to use grease where it snaps together and on the base or they will ingest fines. The older designed saws like the CS 370/400 had a round pleated paper filter that was awesome.
Ya they shouldn't have changed that design.
Great work i also have chainsaw repairing shop for 14 years
Thanks for watching!
I run a construction business and run one of these daily. Mostly for demolition. They are compact and good for getting into tight areas. Far better then the cheap unbranded Chinese starter Saws.
Yep this one is simple and durable.
Just an update on the saw. After a couple years Its been back to the shop a few times. It would start and idle but bog down under throttle. The shop blamed fuel for being left in the saw for more than 4 months at a time or use of modern fuel (E10). I find this hard to believe as my older 2 stroke machines from the 80s, 90s and even 70s all work flawlessly even with old fuel and even after being left for months without use. I recently stripped the carb down and it looked extremely clean. Never had this issue with any other 2 stroke machine.
Great video thank you for sharing your knowledge on this one
Thanks for watching!
As for the dirt near the intake, it just does that from factory. I remember opening up mine for its first maintenance and was shocked and disappointed. I reinstalled with a thin coat of RTV and it’s air tight now
Thats a good work-around.
I bent the tensioning bolt on line somehow. It still works but was never able to find a new bolt form it. Aside from that I really like it
Its a great little saw!
I would use “professional grade” lightly. It’s good for the back of truck when there’s downed limbs. I don’t see an arborist using this as their main saw, obviously. But it is reliable which would provide some professional grade to some trades
Theres another way to look at it. There are some "professionals" that probably shouldn't be running more than this saw. Like many saws, they are reliable with the proper use and care.
I like this saw. Works well. Tore up the original bar and chain.
Anyone can tell me if I can run the KAKEI 18”, 3/8 LP pitch, .050 gauge, 62 drive links onto my Echo CS 310?
I'm pretty sure the echo 14" bar requires 52 drivers. I don't think they recommend an 18".
I have cs 400 18” bar and I love it has plenty enough power for any regular no rush person startes easy for a cheaper saw especially once broken in
Gose through gas like fasssst lol
I use it like 1-2 times year
Great purchase and much Easyer to repair then Craftman polan pieace of rat beeep
The cs400 is rpm saw with decent torq
I like it better the husky 450 rancher for my light use
I will say it so easy to fix / get to everything I can it being used daily but never done so
Will say gas gose fast lol 😂 the bigger saw that’s definitely we’re they have a advantage
U get two tanks before refilling oil as well lol
Yes the CS400 is a good just like most of the Echo lineup. Easy to work on is a good point.
A friend was nice enough to let me use his saw to cut some small trees. Hopefully i can return it as good or better than lent
That is a good policy to live by.
Pretty Sure the air filter just has issues. I had a new one I ran for maybe 3 days, opened it up and this is what I also saw from factory. Dust behind the filter. Looks like its getting in from somewhere on the seal. I cleaned and put a small line of grease on the mating surface(s)
Ya greasing those mating surfaces is a good hack.
Great demonstration, thanks! 👍👍. How easy or difficult is it to get to the carb to check fuel, filter and primer line connections or to replace/rebuild the carb?
The cs310 is a very easy saw to work on.
Mine will start first pull, sometimes even cold sometimes if I'm quick to push it to 1/2 choke.
I'm not surprised. They're a decent little saw. Thanks for sharing.
Good job. I would have swapped out the bulb. They crack and get hard with age.
Changing the primer bulb certainly could have been considered part of this tune up. Thanks for watching.
Last but not least, carburetor adjustment...
The cs310 is a cost effective saw, but I'd like to put a 12 inch bar and chain on one to use it for trimming tree limbs. Because it is a pretty light weight saw and changing a bar is much cheaper then buying a top handle saw. Any suggestions?
Search Oregon saw parts. They offer what you're looking for.
How do you tension the chain?
Loosen the bar nuts. Hold the tip of the bar up while tightening the adjusting screw located near the bar nuts. When the bottom of the chain touches the bar then you are close. Tighten enough that the chain kinda snaps back when lifed off the bar.
New to operating one of these. As much as I would like to blame the saw for the oil leak perhaps its OE...this thing is still new and used only a handful of times. I cannot figure out why the leak is occurring or where from? I do know its coming from the bottom but I cannot see damage of any sort. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated..
How big of a leak are we talking about? does it leak the first day of sitting and then stop?
Chainsaws are low use items for most people. I drain my saw of bar and chain oil before I store it. Every saw I have ever owned has leaked bar and chain oil.
Do you grease bar sprocket. Most people don't even know about it.
Yes we do that as regular maintenance but you're right, many people don't know about it.
I have the same model brand new used it once turned on then went to turn it on hours later it doesn’t want to turn on
There are a lot of possibilities as to why it won't run. Its new to you. Did you remember to mix oil with your fuel?
@@TheGreasyShopRag yes I bought the fuel that’s mixed with oil already from Home Depot
@@joaquinmaciel4431 Watch more videos and figure out if you have spark, fuel etc. Good luck!
Where r u located I need a tune up
What about the oiler?
You're right, its important to check the oiler system. If the chain would have been dry I would have run the saw with the bar off for inspection. What you never see in these videos is when I take the saw outside, cut with it and adjust the carb. I always check the oiler then. Thanks for watching.
What no jokes today
Just the one about how checking spark arrestor screens is exhausting work :-)
@@TheGreasyShopRag Should I read between the lines here and accidentally on purpose forget to put the screen back in during service?
@@clutch5sp989 No, you should use the screen. I usually consider safety #3 after showing off and looking good but not when it comes to chainsaws :-)
Echo is meh, reliable and solid, but really lack performance compared to Stihl and Husqvarna for sure, but Way better than poulan and craftsman garbage. I have 6 Stihl saws, 1 echo, and some vintage stuff, ive run a lot of saws....echo is a safe choice if you dont have lots of cash to dump
I'd say you described Echo quite well. Thanks for watching!
Hessss a oval lol lol guse the best jokes in the world are over I’m saddd
This little saw is a WORKHORSE.
Pretty nice for the price.
It’s the same saw that Shindaiwa makes. Both saws from the same factory. You won’t have to pay the Shindaiwa price however.
Yes, Yamabiko is the parent company of both Shindaiwa and Echo.