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Troubleshooting
Guarantee
MAKITA guarantees the highest quality and will therefore reimburse all costs for repair by replacement of damaged parts resulting
from material or production faults occurring within the guarantee period after purchase. Please note that in some countries particular
guarantee conditions may exist. If you have any questions, please contact your salesman, who is responsible for the guarantee of
the product.
Please note that we cannot accept any responsibility for damage caused by:
• Disregard of the instruction manual.
• Non-performance of the required maintenance and cleaning.
• Incorrect carburetor adjustment.
• Normal wear and tear.
• Obvious overloading due to permanent exceeding of the upper performance limits.
• The use of other than original MAKITA cutting discs.
• Use of force, improper use, misuse or accidents.
• Damage from overheating due to dirt on the fan housing.
• Work on the Power Cut by unskilled persons or inappropriate repairs.
• Use of unsuitable spare parts or parts which are not original MAKITA parts, insofar as they have caused the damage.
• Use of unsuitable or old oil.
• Damage related to conditions arising from lease or rent contracts.
• Damages caused by disregarding loose outer bolted connections.
Cleaning, servicing and adjustment work is not covered by the guarantee. All repairs covered by the guarantee must be performed
by a MAKITA service center.
Malfunction
System
Observation
Cause
Cutting disc does not
start turning
Clutch
Engine runs
Damage to clutch
Cutting disc runs in idle
Carburetor,
Cutting disc runs
Incorrect idle speed,
clutch
blocked clutch
Engine does not start or
Ignition system
Ignition spark
Malfunction in fuel supply system, com-
only with difficulty
pression system, mechanical malfunction.
No ignition spark
Switch on STOP, fault or short-circuit in the
wiring, plug cap or spark plug defective.
Fuel supply
Fuel tank is filled
Choke in wrong position, carburetor defective,
suction head dirty, fuel line bent or interrupted.
Compression
Inside
Cylinder base packing ring defective, radial
system
shaft packings defective, cylinder or piston rings
defective
Outside
Spark plug does not seal.
Mechanical
Starter does not engage
Spring in starter broken, broken parts
malfunction
inside the engine.
Warm start difficulties
Carburetor
Fuel tank is filled
Wrong carburetor adjustment.
Ignition spark
Engine starts, but
Fuel supply
Fuel tank is filled
Wrong idling adjustment, suction head or
dies immediately
carburetor dirty.
Tank venting defective, fuel line interrupted,
cable defective, STOP switch defective.
Decompression valve dirty
Insufficient power
Several systems
Engine is idling
Air filter dirty, wrong carburetor adjustment,
may be involved
muffler clogged, exhaust channel in cylinder
simultaneously
clogged, spark arrester screen clogged.