Bought a 4cyl edger used. Plug was nasty so I replaced. Cleaned plug cover and carb. Engine still sputters. Any ideas?
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Old fuel? Not getting fuel? Fuel supply hose?
A 4 cylinder should edge the crap of things once you get it running, lol.
I don't have great luck with cleaning old carbs on these little motors when fuels dried in them. You can often get cheap Chinese replacements that work better than expected.
Good luck!
I bought a 4 cycle weedeater from a garage sale. The guy said wouldn’t run good. Come to find out he ran premix gas in it like his old weedeater used. Ended up having to tear it apart and clean the valves. You may get away with a new plug and run the **** out of it wide open to break the carbon off the valve seats.
As stated above, put in new fuel lines, siphon the old gas out, and buy an new carburetor. Sounds like its sucking air from somewhere, or water in the gas. Would have to see your carburetor, but if its a 2-cycle style, then the metering diaphragm has probably harden, and will need to be replaced.
You might check out Chickanic’s YouTube channel; she shows how to do a lot of small engine repairs. One thing she has shown multiple times is if a small engine has sat for a long time, the diaphragms in the carb will stiffen up, and sometimes just sitting there repeatedly revving it up and down for a few minutes will get them to loosen up and start working again.
Another thing that has helped is that if it has a metal mesh screen on the exhaust muffler, make sure to clean it up. You can remove, place it in a vice and use a steel brush to remove rust and carbon.
This more applies to two stroke engines, but could be an issue on an older four stroke.
This more applies to two stroke engines, but could be an issue on an older four stroke.
Yes, get a carb rebuild kit and overhaul the carb. It's a lot simpler to fix a 4-cycle engine than it is to fix a 2-cycle.
Someone likely ran 2-cycle mix through it. Usually not much of a problem. But if it set for a while with that fuel in it, it likely has the carb all gummed up.
Someone likely ran 2-cycle mix through it. Usually not much of a problem. But if it set for a while with that fuel in it, it likely has the carb all gummed up.
Empty then clean the bowl first before replacing the carb
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