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I did tear it down further and removed the piston, When i tried to
remove the upper piston ring it snapped and was very brittle, I
assume from over heating. I bought a new blower, the exact same
model, and will keep the old one as a parts machine. One concern I
had with just replacing the jug and piston, is I don't know what
internals might be damaged.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Mike M<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/9/2021 7:59 AM, Stephen Offiler
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Mike:
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<div>I didn't get any picture with this note. Maybe it
got stripped due to excessive image size? There's a limit.
I think below around 350K (working from memory) is good to
go.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 7:26
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<div> Hi Steve,<br>
Here's a better picture of the scoring, this piston is
literally the diameter of a silver dollar. my reason for
the first pic was to figure out how to get the piston pin
out. I may have to send this in separate posts. <br>
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Thanks,<br>
Mike M<br>
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<div>On 12/8/2021 6:40 PM, Mike M wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"> Hi Moe,<br>
Here's a shot of the piston and the retaining pin, not
really sure how to get the pin out since the retaining
clip appears to be a washer not a cir clip. I can order
a new cylinder, piston, pin, washers and and gaskets for
about $40, a lot cheaper than a new blower. Thanks for
any advice anyone can offer.<br>
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Regards, Mike M<br>
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<div>On 12/2/2021 6:39 PM, Moe Fretz wrote:<br>
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what's the cylinder inside look like?</div>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(166,77,121)">Can
you save it?</div>
<div
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(166,77,121)">Husqvarna trimmer
is well worth the repair costs.</div>
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2021 at 3:11 PM Mike M <<a
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<div> So I pulled apart my leaf blower today, and
looked at the exhaust port, as was suggested.
Heavy scoring on the piston. So you were right,
she ran it with straight fuel.<br>
Mike M<br>
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<div>On 11/27/2021 7:20 PM, Moe Fretz wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">No, engine has experienced a
lean seizure. </div>
<div dir="auto">Lack of lube is another way
to put it. </div>
<div dir="auto">No quick fix. </div>
<div dir="auto">The engine will need a
piston and rings at the least. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Pull off the muffler, look
in at the piston, you’ll see the piston
scored on the exhaust side. </div>
<div dir="auto">If you’re lucky the cylinder
isn’t damaged, you’ll have to </div>
<div dir="auto">pull the cylinder to check
it. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Used to do 15 or 20 of those
every year. </div>
<div dir="auto">One quick error, sometimes,
can cost a lot of money. </div>
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">So my
lovely wife was out blowing leaves the
other day with my backpack<br>
blower, and it ran out of fuel. She
mistakenly filled it with straight<br>
lawnmower gas, and after a bit it
started to stumble and then quit. She<br>
came in to tell me about it and ask what
the problem was. When I looked<br>
at the tank I noticed there was no blue
tint in the gas, and I asked her<br>
what can she filled it from, and she
pointed to the gas container I use<br>
for my zero turn. I told her that was
straight gas, and she needed to<br>
use the 2 cycle mix, that is in another
red 5 gallon can, honest<br>
mistake. She claims I told her to use
that fuel, when I know I did not. <br>
I used it today and it will run for
about 5 minutes and then sputter out<br>
and die, like it's running out of gas.
It will restart, but then the<br>
same scenario starts all over again. Is
their any chance of saving this<br>
engine? Maybe a higher oil/gas ratio?
Thanks in advance.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Mike M<br>
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