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Default Homelite chainsaw primer bulb

On Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:05:30 -0700, Paul Drahn
wrote:

On 3/27/2013 6:06 PM, cj wrote:
Is it safe to assume that after pushing the primer bulb a million times
and the said bulb is NOT filling with gas that the line from the gas
tank is clogged? The tank is full with fresh gas/oil mixture

cj

No, I think the usual problem is the bulb itself is cracked.

Paul


I would generally agree, however if the bulb is cracked, it seems the
bulb would leak fuel.

They do get weak and not prime but not cracked.(like rubber diaphragms
in old fuel pumps)