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IF THESE SOlUTIOnS DO nOT SOlVE THE PROBlEM, COnTaCT YOUR aUTHORISED SERVICE DEalER.
PROBlEM
POSSIBlE CaUSE
SOlUTIOn
Engine starts, runs, and
Idle speed screw on
Turn idle speed screw clockwise to increase idle
accelerates but will not idle.
carburetor requires adjustment speed. (Fig. 11)
Line will not advance.
1. Line welded to itself.
1. Lubricate with silicone spray.
2. Not enough line on
2. Install more line. Refer to “Line Replacement”
spool.
earlier in this manual.
. Line worn too short.
. Pull lines while alternately pressing down on
and releasing bump head.
. Line tangled on spool.
. Remove line from spool and rewind. Refer to
“Line Replacement” earlier in this manual.
5. Engine speed too slow.
5. Advance line at full throttle.
Grass wraps round shaft
1. Cutting tall grass at
1. Cut tall grass from the top down.
housing and bump head.
ground level.
2. Operating trimmer at
2. Operate trimmer at full throttle.
part throttle.
1. Check spark. Remove spark plug. Reattach the
spark plug cap and lay spark plug on metal cylinder.
Pull the starter rope and watch for spark at spark
plug tip. If there is no spark, repeat test with a new
spark plug.
2. Push primer bulb until bulb is full of fuel. If bulb
does not fill, primary fuel delivery system is blocked.
Contact a servicing dealer. If primer bulb fills, engine
may be flooded, proceed to next item.
. Set the start lever to the
STaRT
position. Squeeze
the trigger and pull the rope repeatedly until the
engine starts and runs.
NOTE:
Depending on the
severity of the flooding, this may require numerous
pulls of the rope.
. Contact a servicing dealer.
Allow engine to completely warm up. If engine does
not accelerate after three minutes, contact a servicing
dealer.
Contact a servicing dealer.
1. Use fresh fuel and the correct 2-stroke lubricant mix.
2. Clean air filter. Refer to
Cleaning the air Filter
Screen
earlier in this manual.
. Contact a servicing dealer.
1. No spark.
2. No fuel.
. Engine is flooded.
. Starter rope pulls harder
now than when new.
Engine requires
approximately three minutes
to warm up.
Carburetor requires
adjustment.
1. Check lubricant fuel
mixture.
2. Air filter is dirty.
. Spark arrestor screen is
dirty.
Engine will not start.
Engine starts but will not
accelerate.
Engine starts but will only run at
high speed at half choke.
Engine does not reach full speed
and emits excessive smoke.
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