Whipper Snipper HELP!

[Daddles]

You're nothing but a whipper snipper whipper snapper! My old echo is nearly 25 years old and is still on the original spark plug!! I kid you NOT and it always starts on the 5th pull, always has...

Good. You can come and do my lawns for me. The dog keeps getting lost:eek:

Richard

yes. Latest news. I'm about to torch the bloody thing

[KevM]

Daddles,
I have a Stihl which occasionally exhibits the same symptoms. I must admit to being a bit of a Scrooge and not throwing the old mixed up fuel out though.

I find that I only need to clean the carbon out of the muffler (small diameter pipe inside it actually) and I am away for another 12 months or so.

regards

Kev M

[Ivan in Oz]

Check the Pick-up Bulb in the Petrol tank, if it has one.
these often crack,
like the rest of the parts.

If we're throwing names and ages around.
I have a Shindawa [sold as a Victa]
and have no idea how old, Bought it Very Late 70s - early80s
Same Plug,
Run it Oil rich and rev its rings off.:eek:
It KEEPS going,
It Keeps Smoking.

[Geoff Odgers]

Dont know the answer to your imediate problem, I have a Ryobi myself and it just keeps going, however on one occasion my fuel had been stored on the concrete floor in the shed, and this caused a reaction with the fuel can, now I sit the fuel cans in a milk crate which lets a bit of circulation get under the tin, no moisture no problem.

Geoff O