Husqvarna chainsaw - filled fuel tank with lube oil by mistake?

Thanks Ben Helpful advice it worked despite attempting to start it previously with tank full of oil.

John
January 2017

Clean the spark plug with petrol,spray damp start in plug hole and pull a few times with no plug.Spray a little blast in plughole replace spark plug and start.You may have to clean plug few times but it will start and after a bit of smoking run fine again.This is a lot faster than taking everything apart.Don't forget to wash tank out first with petrol and refill with 50:1 mix!

Ben Krooneman
April 2010

Well you need to flush out the fuel filter of the lub oil and the fuel line. You will also need to get the oil out of the carburetor if it had a chance to suck it up. The best thing to do is get yourself some carburetor cleaner and start cleaning. If you take the carb apart make sure you know how it came apart so you put it back together. You might have also fouled the plug if the oil got that far. If it did put a new plug (it might take 1 or 2) and when you get it running it WILL smoke but it will go away eventually.

David
March 2008