Sooo, I am driving around the neighborhood and see a like-new weedeater brand weedwhacker on the curbside for garbage, I stopped and the guy was in the driveway, I asked him if it was trash and he said yes, I asked him if it was locked up, he said no, would not start, rope got stuck out, couldnt get it back in, so he said he would buy a new one, he said the carb must need attention, it less than a year old, it looked good. So I brought it home, disassmbled it, greased the shaft, fixed the pull cord, ended up putting a new rope in it, because it was stiff and sticking, found the trouble with the no starting, the hose rotted off in the tank and the intank filter was no longer connected to it, went and got another filter and new gas line for the primer and fuel feed. It has plenty of compression, started first pull but would only run on choke, tore the carb apart and cleaned still same results, pulled the muffler off and looked for carbon, not really any there, cleaned it and put it back on, still would only run on choke, bought a carb rebuild kit for $9.50 and rebuilt the carb, although the diafram still looked good and still it will start first pull run fine on a little past full choke, put it half choke dies, cleaned the carb, changed the float valve, screen and all that, I could just run it on choke, it seems to run alright on choke, it just bugs me because it isnt right and any ideas or experienced fellows know what to look for that make it do that. Thanks.
Weedeater weedwhacker problem
- Thread starter Panzerman
- Start date
- Status
there is an internal passage for gas flow that is still part clogged. run a heavy mix of gas and seafoam (3-1) and keep trying to take it off choke .It has worked for me many times. otherwise you have to soak the carb for a day in solvent and blow it out. sometimes it doesn't matter. carb is junk. replace.
those weedeaters are garbage. made to meet a price point at HD. most all wind up like yours; thrown out by lazy homeowners. they buy these things w/o ever having a 2 cycle motor in their life and don't read the instructions.
since a choke richens the mixture and limits airflow, it sounds like it's running too lean. I agree w/ chad about the passage being clogged.
it's stil going to be a [censored] weedeater when you're done though.
since a choke richens the mixture and limits airflow, it sounds like it's running too lean. I agree w/ chad about the passage being clogged.
it's stil going to be a [censored] weedeater when you're done though.
I ONLY get my weed whacker from REFURBISHED. that way, all of what YOU did to it, has ALREADY been done!!!
I get my Ryobi or Weed eater weed whacker from 80 or 90$ and they work perfectly. you can get them from Amazon, saves a LOT of trouble.
I get my Ryobi or Weed eater weed whacker from 80 or 90$ and they work perfectly. you can get them from Amazon, saves a LOT of trouble.
It only costs $81 at Walmart for a brand new one. If I was going to buy a new one, Id go for a Echo for sure. I am still using my Craftsman I bought 16 years ago and it runs like a top. I just got this one to play with, I got it for nothing and its like new, like I said it runs good on choke, I will probably use it next time with some marvel and fuel injector cleaner in it and see if it becomes unclogged. Even though it was only $80, it still seems stupid to me to buy a new weedwhacker every year, its not like they are really complicated, but they wouldnt be what I would call disposable either.
I've had luck dumping some Techron into the fuel, maybe a tablespoon full. I have no idea if Techron has any compatibility issues with 2-cycle oil in the fuel, it doesn't seem to. I've resurrected a Ryobi string trimmer just this spring doing this and it had exactly the same symptoms. It fixed the issue surprising quickly. I wonder if perhaps the ethanol in the fuel had absorbed so much moisture from the atmosphere that the ethanol/water mixture separated out and maybe the Techron put it back into solution.
there is still a clogged passage. most consumers do not store 2 cycle engines properly in the off season. tons of repairs and replacements results.
I've got a featherlite from 1995 that still runs great. My wife dropped something on it last winter and broke off the throttle trigger. I tied it wide open, Been running it like that all summer. I'll replace it with another one when it blows.
I'm surprised there was an off season for a weedeater in Florida. I know mine doesn't get put away for that long, if at all. Maybe it's had a share of old gas run through it or something, but it doesn't make sense that there are problems after a year (guessing the age). Of course, unless it's a POS and that would explain everything.
E10 Gasoline (or what was called "Gasohol" back in the 70's) will absorb enough water vapor from the atmosphere in less than a month to cause issues (especially in a humid local like FL) . I think that some of the better, recently made, 2-cycle oils have additives to help stave off this problem. E10 has really started causing problems in outdoor power equipment in the last couple of years. Corn subsidies for ethanol production and the EPA mandating oxygenating agents has significantly increased the amount of ethanol in our fuel. Pumps have been saying "Contains up to 10% Ethanol" for decades, but until recently most gasolines practically contained much less. There are usually a few stations in an area that sell "Ethanol Free" gasoline, but it would be difficult to determine if that was indeed what you were buying.
There was a propane gas station selling what they advertised as Non-ethanol gasoline,from a satilite tank, they had every lawn care and two stroke boatowner lined up at their station, I bought some there, my atvs ran like [censored] on it, it was a no name gasoline. I dont see the lines there anymore so Iam thinking the other people had the same issues. I will buy non-ethanol gas at name brand stations. I bought some in CoCoa beach at a BP and my gas milelage went up 2 MPG in my truck and ran Great, unfortuately, I dont go that far south much. I am hoping that after the elections, we dont require the gasoline stations to use ethanol in Florida, its very unpopular here with the boaters.
JTK
$100 Site Donor 2025
I forget if Weedwacker brand has hi/low mixture screws on the carb, but those are almost always set too lean. You may need a splined tool or some custom fab work to turn the screws. I bought one of the tools and have adjusted a few Sears, Ryobi and Husqvarna string trimmers. It's amazing how well they run after a true adjustment.
Joel
Joel
You should try a fuel mix of 50:1 .The 50:1 gets my trimmers to run very well.after using the amsoil saber,I went to Pennz. multipurpose and my cheap trimmers and a 'wildthing' saw start very easy and have good power.THe carb on modern trimmers cannot be tuned-The fuel mix and oil brand requies the 'tuning' to get these little engines running well.Pennz. multipurpose can safely be used at 50:1.Next, try a short electrode spark plug.The cj8 champion helped my trimmers and saw to start easier.
- Status