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Weed whacker woes and a quick fix
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New relationship woes,
So you go out and finally spend the dough on a weed whacker and after figuring out how to assemble it, you fuel it up, after doing a short chem lab on fuel mixing, and then you move briskly into the aerobics section of your lawn care day. Warm up with several thumb pushes on that little clear plastic bulb. hmmm it says 7 times, I wonder if 14 would be even better?
After straining several newly discovered arm muscles and inventing an entirely new vocabulary revolving around lawn equipment and its parentage, you realize that you haven't choked the machine properly-not that the thought hadn't crossed your mind.
Anyway you finally get the thing started and learned how to use it and you enjoy a pretty pleasant season with it. Things seem well between you and the weed eater.
Woes to come
After the first season things start to fall apart. The little buzzard won't start or when it does it sputters and coughs along only on half choke. Why? Is this revenge for a winter of neglect? The answer is yes. As it turns out the fuel mixture for these two cycle engines leave a resedue behind when they evaporate and this residue clogs the screens and other parts of the carburetor. This is why your wonderful weed eater may not operate very well even after only one season.
When this happened to me I began researching the cause and what to do. Ye gads, there was advice from rebuilding the engine and carburetor to just buying a new weed eater. None of these option seemed very thrilling. Many weed eaters use proprietary parts and tools to work on them and if you want to do it yourself it requires cutting and grinding away at your weed whacker with a Dremel tool.
The easy fix
The other day I was surfing the net when I came across a web site dedicated to the uses of WD-40 and one of them said it could unclog carburetors. I jumped at the chance for an easy fix and I took off the cap to the air filter-which turned out to be nothing but a sponge. Then I filled the carburetor with WD-40 and let it sit for an hour. Wow, my baby was purring like she was brand new. It was amazing. Now this easy fix will not work if you have cracked fuel lines or mechanical problems, but if your weed whacker is only a year or two old and it has begun to run slower and slower for no apparent reason give my WD-40 cure a try. What can it hurt. Well, I got go now and whack some more weeds.
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Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:36 pm
I have an Echo that doesn't make anymore echoes. I am going to try this tip this weekend and will let you know how it goes.
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 5:52 pm
Biggest hint of all Keep Son Away From Weed Whacker
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:16 pm
I put Pri-G +Heet in my gas year round so it's always in the carb. I've got 4 chainsaws from 45cc's-90cc's and every one of them starts on the second or third pull after sitting for 8 months and they're all 2 stroke. One other thing I've learned is don't use dino oil for you mix, get some full synthetic. I picked up an additional 200RPM on my saws, they run smoother and cooler.
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 9:42 am
Good idea to empty the fuel tank and run the engine until all fuel is spent when storing for the winter.
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 1:26 pm
The thing with running it dry is you leave all the diaphragms and rubber seals exposed to air which causes them to dry out quicker. The best thing to keep everything in service is using a fuel stabilizer and keeping the float bowl full.
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 2:47 pm
I rebuilt the carb, new air lock, new fuel filter, new fuel lines, new tank grommet, new purge bulb, new spark plug and air filter.
Still won't run right. I couldn't adjust the carb due to the California caps. Did a little research and when rebuilding a carb you need to reset the Low High jets. Found the procedure on how to set it. Had to cut the enviro caps off and got the carb dialed in. It works like it was new. I am so happy. I have been screwing with this for a very long time. Also, I believe that the 10% ethanol is what ate up my fuel lines, purge bulb, and rubber tank grommet. |
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Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 3:07 pm
The ethanol issue is correct, you must have Neoprene lines to handle it and it will corrode aluminum. I have 1 saw with the EPA caps and they lasted about 5 minutes.
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:59 am
yeah the ethanol blend gas is no good for 2-strokes or in general any air-cooled engine.
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