On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 19:05:53 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote:

I did have a Craftsman (Poulan) and it died within 18
months. The pistons were scored. I have yet, to this day,
understood how that happened; but, as a result, I vowed
never to buy a Craftsman chainsaw ever again.

....sumpin broke

Could have been a piston ring broke or possibly a rod bearing.