Makita disc cutter, cuts out

[blb]

Hi all
Borrowed a friends Makita petrol, 2 stroke, Disc cutter, used to work ok, the other day it started fine and ran normal on idle but as soon as i start to cut (Paving stone) it dies, help please

[Handyman in Sussex]

Hi all
Borrowed a friends Makita petrol, 2 stroke, Disc cutter, used to work ok, the other day it started fine and ran normal on idle but as soon as i start to cut (Paving stone) it dies, help please

Was it warm or cold when you went to cut with it?

Let it warm up a bit and then give it a few bursts on the trigger, longer each time and slowly increasing the revs, then give it a longer burst at about half revs or so to warm the engine, then give it full blast and do the cut. It sounds like it's stalling because you're opening it up too much before it's warm.
Good luck,
Jonty

[fin]

filters? our stihl saw did this if the filters were clogged up

[blb]

Hi
Thank you both for your reply, I did as Handyman sugested with no luck. Fin was spot on, it was a foam "air filter" cloged up it now works fine (So far)
Thanks again.

[fin]

i used to knock the foam filter about to get the dust out of it and if it got a problem starting and the paper filter needed cleaning id take it to a garage and get it blown out with an air line.