So we closed on the house. But like all great things, it needs some work.
The grass was about 3' tall in the back yard, well past my knees. So Wedensday night I hit the yard with Triasicide and every ant mound I could find with amdro.
While going over the back yard I found a stump hidden by the grass.
Thursday morning I got out the new $99.99 weed wacker, read throuh the instructions and made sure that I could wack the tough stuff right away. I didn't want to torch the small engine before it got broken in. The manuel said to run it at full speed when cutting grass, nothing about a break in period.
I started easy, going round the driveway, doing a full throttle and letting it idle under no load, thinking that it would help "blow out" the break in material of the 2 cycle engine.
About half way around the fenced in backyard I start hearing this rattle from the engine.
I think to myself "Huh, that's a new noise." Then go back to work thinking that the rattle is just a loose screw or bolt in the plastic heat shielding. A few seconds the engine stops, and I cannot restart it.
The smoke and smell coming from the heat shield smelled like a burned up clutch. "Uh oh!".
I kept the recipt, but never got 1/2 way through my yard. I read the manuel, added the oil that came with it to the gas just as discribed in the manuel. And I still burned up something.
Well, just to make sure I would have to use the return policy. I decided on Friday to give it another shot at the rest of the back yard. It started up fine, and ran for about 10 minutes.
Then that rattle. I guess in a 22 cubic centimeter 2 stroke mower a knock sounds more like a rattle.
"Their is that sound again." I thought. A few seconds later the thing stopped, and I couldent restart it again. Their was that same terrible smell.
My dad has a similar machine, and his has lasted in a similar sized yard for 5 years now.
I was kind of thinking about trading up, and adding a tiny bit of Pennsoil TWC-3 Synthetic Blend Marine 2 cycle oil to the mix that I already have, just to help with the "break in" of the tiny weed wacker. And seeing if that worked.
I still dont understand how I burned something up. But perhaps it was the Chinese manufacture.
So my question is. Should I go back and get another one? Or should I trade up to something else?
The grass was about 3' tall in the back yard, well past my knees. So Wedensday night I hit the yard with Triasicide and every ant mound I could find with amdro.
While going over the back yard I found a stump hidden by the grass.
Thursday morning I got out the new $99.99 weed wacker, read throuh the instructions and made sure that I could wack the tough stuff right away. I didn't want to torch the small engine before it got broken in. The manuel said to run it at full speed when cutting grass, nothing about a break in period.
I started easy, going round the driveway, doing a full throttle and letting it idle under no load, thinking that it would help "blow out" the break in material of the 2 cycle engine.
About half way around the fenced in backyard I start hearing this rattle from the engine.
I think to myself "Huh, that's a new noise." Then go back to work thinking that the rattle is just a loose screw or bolt in the plastic heat shielding. A few seconds the engine stops, and I cannot restart it.
The smoke and smell coming from the heat shield smelled like a burned up clutch. "Uh oh!".
I kept the recipt, but never got 1/2 way through my yard. I read the manuel, added the oil that came with it to the gas just as discribed in the manuel. And I still burned up something.
Well, just to make sure I would have to use the return policy. I decided on Friday to give it another shot at the rest of the back yard. It started up fine, and ran for about 10 minutes.
Then that rattle. I guess in a 22 cubic centimeter 2 stroke mower a knock sounds more like a rattle.
"Their is that sound again." I thought. A few seconds later the thing stopped, and I couldent restart it again. Their was that same terrible smell.
My dad has a similar machine, and his has lasted in a similar sized yard for 5 years now.
I was kind of thinking about trading up, and adding a tiny bit of Pennsoil TWC-3 Synthetic Blend Marine 2 cycle oil to the mix that I already have, just to help with the "break in" of the tiny weed wacker. And seeing if that worked.
I still dont understand how I burned something up. But perhaps it was the Chinese manufacture.
So my question is. Should I go back and get another one? Or should I trade up to something else?