[AT] string trimmer

[Chris Britton]

I dislike owning many small gas engines for the same reason... I can rebuild 
a brigs carb with my eyes closed in 5 minutes....

Now when i shut down a piece of equipment for the year, I add 2 cycle oil to 
the last bit of gas, and let it 'fog' the engine.. In the string trimmer 
that is already mixed fuel.. I mix it heavy.. like 10:1.. same with the 
lawnmowers.. Yeah.. it may leave a lil gunk on the plug.. but I clean them 
yearly when i pull them out of the barn.. etc.

soundguy


>Message: 1
>Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:07:57 -0400
>From: "WF Smith" <mogrits at gmail.com>
>Subject: [AT] OT- String trimmers and other 2-cycle pieces of garbage
>Is it the new gasoline formulas, cheaper equipment, or just my poor luck
>that even when I store my string trimmers and other 2-cycle pieces of
>equipment (with stabil additive) they always come out the next season
>running improperly, if at all?
>I have a Homelite 25cc string trimmer sitting beside the shop right now,
>hemmoraging fuel through the carburetor. It is running so rich it 
>eventually
>wets the plug and stops. There is only an idle adjustment screw (really 
>just
>a stop for the throttle cam) and one other screw that I assume is the
>mixture. I've removed the primer bulb trying to stop the flow of gas and
>everything under there was clean as a whistle- no trash at all on the
>screen.
>Warren