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Poulan P3314 and others, Engineering take note
There is a manufacturing flaw in some Poulan engines that seems to be going unnoticed that is causing the
internal destruction of these engines.

The defect is this: In the crankshaft (P/N 545112901 and others) the shafts which are pressed into the counter weights are allowed to protrude past the face of the counterweight into the connecting rod space. The newer style forged connecting rods (not the earlier narrow stamped rods) are wide enough to interfere with the protruding shaft ends. The rod end wears against the shaft ends and actual steel slivers and bits are released inside the crankcase. It looks like the damage done by overheating, fuel/oil mixture issues, or carbon scoring. The problem is being misidentified in some cases, not warrantied and the customer is without recourse.

Our most recent purchase was three P3314 saws in late 2012. All three saws lost compression an failed within a few weeks time. Scoring of the cylinder walls appears like operator misuse, right? Scoring of the intake port side was unexpectedly observed as well.
I called Poulan customers service who referred me to my local Poulan service center. They were no help after several months and lost or neglected to return my used offending part sample. Poulan has no direct contact like other companies, that's why you are reading this here. I hope Poulan see's this and chooses to correct the problem.


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