Posted by Kane hughes on November 14, 2011, 7:06 am
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
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Kane hughes
Posted by Kane hughes on November 15, 2011, 12:45 am
Bob F;941806 Wrote:
> 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.
It does seem like an awful lot of fuel is goin into it , wen I tipped it
in its back loads came out overflow I shall do hat you have suggested
and post back what I find thanks for your reply
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Kane hughes
Posted by Brooklyn1 on November 15, 2011, 9:18 am
Kane hughes wrote:
> my boss gave me a komatsu strimmer.
What's a strimmer, and why would your boss give you one... is a
strimmer like a hummer?
Posted by Janet on November 15, 2011, 11:56 am
>
> Kane hughes wrote:
> >
> > my boss gave me a komatsu strimmer.
>
> What's a strimmer,
A strimmer is what you call a weed wacker
Janet
Posted by Brooklyn1 on November 15, 2011, 2:53 pm
>>
>> Kane hughes wrote:
>> >
>> > my boss gave me a komatsu strimmer.
>>
>> What's a strimmer,
> A strimmer is what you call a weed wacker
Wacker... now you're really getting sexual! ;)
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> 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.