View Single Post
  #2   Report Post  
Old 14-11-2011, 11:54 PM posted to rec.gardens
Bob F Bob F is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by GardenBanter: May 2007
Posts: 762
Default Some advice on my broken strimmer please

Kane hughes wrote:
Hi all I am new here , fairly new to the love of gardening , my boss
gave me a komatsu strimmer it's quite old and won't start , I've
stripped carb down cleaned it and put fresh fuel/2stroke in it it had
a spark but wasn't very strong so replaced spark plug it has
compression ,jus won't start at all couple things I've noticed wen I
stripped carb n tried to pull it , it was spitting fuel out exhaust
and web I stopped milky white fuel was dropping out over flow , does
any one have any ideas on what to try next ? Thanks guys kane


Just to make sure that the fuel isn't the only problem, you could drain the tank
and carb. Crank it a bunch to make sure all the fuel is gone. If it fires at
all, that is a good sign. If not, try squirting 1/4 teaspoon or less into the
carb, then try to start it. If it now starts and runs for a moment, then you
know that you need to correct a fuel problem. It does sound like it's getting
too much fuel.