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petrol strimmer
lambert:
we use them at work and my dad has a smaller one, but when you find a nearly new one destined to end in a skip it's hard to pass it over. just a pitty it is being a donkey to get going!
burgerman:
on other pertol engines with " issues" i have had a spark when tessted outside the engine but fails when under compression, also not un common for fuel lines to gum up and stop the flow of fuel, but saying that a good sniff of easy start direct in the plug hole usually overcomes that, as mentioned a glob of oil down the bore may raise compression of that is a issue, good luck i love a free challenge also :lol:
waveydavey:
How did you check the compression? That really sounds like a bore/ring problem, the run 15mins is the big giveaway, it is just about the right timing to wreck it if it were run without the oil mix.
sleepy straven:
Had a Ryobi strimmer last year. It ran fine under throttle but kept cutting out under idle. Finally it refused to start. The compression seemed fine so was also like you at a loss. Took it to the local agricultural chappie who found the piston to be scored. There appears not to be a filter fitted inside the fuel tank and due to the cheap engine any debris wrecks the piston. Mine went to the strimmer heaven in the sky. I have been holding off buying a new one as once bitten twice shy
mike142sl:
Did you ever get a solution to this. Friend of mine has same prob.
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