Customers $1,200 Chainsaw Destroyed! Husqvarna 372 XP Rebuild

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Today we dive into a commercial customers Husqvarna 372XP that got hot and burned up the piston and cylinder.

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My name is Bre. I took two years of small engine repair at the local college. When I left school, I fell into a wonderful job at a local small engine shop where I worked the counter for a couple years. In 2010 my husband and I opened up our own small engine shop in central Arkansas where I am able to work alongside my family and best friends. We see over 2,000 pieces of small engine equipment every year, and answer 1,000's of small engine questions. We specialize in brands such as Briggs and Stratton, Kohler, Echo and Shindaiwa, but work everyday on MANY other brands like Stihl, Husqvarna, Honda, Craftsman, Remington, Red Max, Troy Bilt, Scag, Bad Boy, Hustler, World Lawn, Poulan, Mantis, Etc.. Hopefully, my experience I share, will save you Time, Money and Frustration in the future!

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[robertmailhos]

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[peterfreeman]

That is a lifetime saw. Absolute workhorse, I will never give mine up. Old school pre EPA monster.

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[GoFastGator]

Tech Tip for getting the piston re-assembled to the conrod: Turn the saw perpendicular to your line of sight, so your able to "see through" the eye of the con rod. Assemble the wrist pin on the blind side of the piston so that you can see the alignment as you work. Leaving the piston dry until just before cylinder installation makes for easier handling. I like a little engine assembly lube on the wrist pin needle bearings but nothing wrong with a bit of engine oil instead.

[rcs]

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[normanmallory]

I’ve had very good success owning Husqvarna over the years, 3 of them and I never lost a days work !
Jonsered 2065 was and still is one of my favorites, terrific chainsaw !
You did well on the repair and I learned a few things watching you !

[dyercycle]

I did lots of those in 2005-2017 when I was a Husqvarna tech...have done a few since. I'm the first one to admit I despise doing pressure/leakdown tests, but a burned pro saw you are going to put back into service is the time to do one. That said, even if I KNOW the cause was straight-gas, I will usually put new crank seals in as insurance..don't want a comeback or to burn up a new $200 OEM P&C. I do remember, when the X-torqs were first introduced, we had a LOT of them come back burned up, almost new...lots of crank main bearing failures on those, which of course takes out the seals..if it's an X-Torq model, I definitely check the bearings and seals..also the x-torqs were known for having air leaks at the intake boot as well..all in all, I didn't care for the X-torq models, I'd much rather have an original design 372XP..the X-torq was basically a way to keep the popular 372 models in production, because the original design wouldn't meet EPA regs anymore..Everything on the X-torq on the top end was completely different/redesigned, and they have taller engine covers and handlebars than the OE version. Lots of customers didn't know the difference, and wondered why some of the parts from their old parts saws wouldn't fit their newer saws when they started to "Frankensaw" them...I always told them, if the compression release came up through the top cover, it's an X-torq...if the release is on the side of the cylinder, it's an original version 372. IMHO, they should have called the saw something else, like 374XTP, or something...but, they were trying to continue the popular 372XP saw without anyone noticing the changes, I suppose...

[johnedwards]

Happy to hear yall got home safely, sorry it was a pain in the six, but yall got home. Great video as always.

[rytcarry]

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Glad you had a good time in Mexico.

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[michaelspencer]

Being a Husqvarna Warranty repair person its up to me to determine if it was a mechanical failure or operator error. Which means i have to carefully check everything before and during disassembly . Which includes crankcase pressure vacuum testing. As always a great video 👍.

[jamesgroves]

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[davidabernathy]

Well now This was an interesting video and a great job. Bree. When it comes to small engines you definitely know everything there is to know.

[ryans_small_engine]

Stihl silver tech here, typically with a scored failure, you do a pressure and vaccum test on unit before tear down to find possible other issues that caused the lean failure, crankseals, cylinder gasket, intake manifold, etc. Otherwise you could end up with same failure again if it was compromised. And after you install your new top end etc, you do another pressure and vaccum test to check your work. Also that saw sounded lean in the video, you could hear how it was idling down she is sucking air somewhere

[DennisMoore]

Thanks for the lesson on a 372. I have one, and this information will help in the future.