Petrol Strimmer Troubleshooting
In order to maintain overgrown borders, remove weeds and even straighten lawn edges in your garden then having a petrol strimmer is the solution. These handheld devices make working and up keeping your garden a breeze in the park. They possess all the power you require to complete any job efficiently and quickly, often removing the necessity of going over the same area more than once.
However petrol strimmers are only as good as their maintenance allows them to be. A well maintained strimmer will give you years of excellent service. A neglected strimmer will give you nothing but aggravation. In unlucky cases you may well have a faulty petrol strimmer, which you can exchange providing you are still within the manufacturer’s warranty time limits.
As good a gardening tool the petrol strimmer is, they are quite simple machines, and because of this you are likely to encounter problems. These problems are usually small problems and in most cases can be easily rectified. We shall give you a small table of troubleshooting suggestions. If none of these suggestions work for you then you may have a more serious problem with your petrol strimmer and will need professional help with it.
Petrol Strimmer
Petrol Strimmer 2010 Contact:garnett65@hotmail.com
Troubleshooting For Petrol Strimmers
1- There is an idle speed screw on the carburetor on your petrol strimmer that needs to be adjusted.
Search this site
Search the internet with Google
Problem Possible Cause Solution
Engine will not start
1- There is no spark
2- There is no fuel
3- The engine may be flooded
1- You need to check the spark plug. Clean it or replace it if necessary.
2- If there is no fuel reaching the engine you need to check why. Push the primer bulb until it is full of fuel. If the primer bulb does not fill then this means that the primary fuel delivery system is blocked. You need expert help with this. If the primer bulb does fill it can mean that your engine is flooded.
3- If your engine is flooded, set your choke lever to the run position. Next squeeze the throttle and pull the rope repeatedly. Eventually the engine will start and run.
Engine will not reach maximum power and gives off excessive smoke.
1- The fuel and oil mix is wrong
2- The screen to the air filter is dirty
3- The screen to the spark aresstor is dirty
4- The spark plug is dirty or dead
1- Always use fresh fuel with your petrol strimmer, mix it in the correct proportions with the oil and always use the correct 2 stroke oil.
2- Clean the screen to the air filter
3- For this you will need to contact a professional
4- Clean the spark plug or replace it if needed. Remember to reset the spark plug gap.
1- Locate the idle speed screw on your carburetor of the strimmer and turn it clockwise. This will increase the speed.
The strimmer line will not advance correctly
1- The actual line could be welded to itself
2- The line maybe nearly finished and there is not enough line left on the spool.
3- The line has actually worn too short
4- The line has become tangled on the spool.
5- The speed of the strimmer engine is too slow.
1- The thing to do in this case is to get some silicone spray and lubricate the line with it.
2- You need more line. So install some. Make sure that you have the correct line for the job and your strimmer.
3- Pull the lines whilst at the same time pressing down on the spool retainer. You may need to also alternate pressing down and releasing the spool retainer to get the required results.
4- If the line gets tangled, simply remove the line from the spool and rewind it.
5- In this case you need to advance the line whilst the engine is a full speed or throttle.
The spool retainer is hard or impossible to turn
1- The screw threads are dirty or in the worst case scenario actually damaged or broken.
1- You need to clean the threads thoroughly and lubricate them with grease. If this does not solve the problem then it’s likely the threads are damaged. If the threads are damaged then change the spool retainer.
You find that the grass you are cutting wraps itself around the shaft housing and string head.
1- You are cutting the tall grass at ground level
2- You are only operating the petrol strimmer at half or part full speed.
1- When cutting long grass you should always cut from the top down to prevent this type of wrapping.
2- When cutting tall or thick grass you need to always operate petrol strimmers at full throttle.