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Posted by W. eWatson on August 19, 2008, 10:45 pm
My trimmer is hand operated. It's about 6 years old. It starts briefly and
then dies. Mostly it won't start. I had a new plug put in it. Bad fuel
mixture? Dirt in the fuel?
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Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/>
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Posted by Tony Hwang on August 19, 2008, 11:07 pm
W. eWatson wrote:
> My trimmer is hand operated. It's about 6 years old. It starts briefly
> and then dies. Mostly it won't start. I had a new plug put in it. Bad
> fuel mixture? Dirt in the fuel?
Hmmm,
Your fuel tank has to breathe.
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Posted by Bill on August 20, 2008, 5:34 am
Could be old gas. Try new gas.
"W. eWatson" wrote in message
> My trimmer is hand operated. It's about 6 years old. It starts briefly
> and then dies. Mostly it won't start. I had a new plug put in it. Bad fuel
> mixture? Dirt in the fuel?
> --
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Posted by Bill on August 20, 2008, 5:40 am
"Bill" wrote in message
> Could be old gas. Try new gas.
>
P.S. New gas does not mean dumping the gas from the trimmer and refilling
the trimmer with more old gas from your gas can. New gas means new gas from
the gas station.
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Posted by W. eWatson on August 20, 2008, 8:10 am
Bill wrote:
> "Bill" wrote in message
>> Could be old gas. Try new gas.
>>
>
> P.S. New gas does not mean dumping the gas from the trimmer and refilling
> the trimmer with more old gas from your gas can. New gas means new gas from
> the gas station.
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>
It's possible it's the gas. I didn't mix the oil with in particularly well.
However, the first time I filled it, it ran quite well. Maybe there was
enough of the previous fuel in the trimmer to carry the day.
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Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/>
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