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My weed eater will only run when choke is set to half

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Suggest fresh gas and check your fuel filter in tank , then I would probably make sure that none of your fuel lines have cracks, then all else fails you will have to remove your carb and dissasemble it and clean it out ,probably partially plugged from old gas, hope I helped you

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 08, 2009

SOURCE: I have a Troy Bilt weed eater and am having a

I'd clean the carburetor. Try injector cleaner additive for the fuel tank. Mix in same proportion as directions on bottle. Maybe a little higher ratio.

If this doesn't clean it out after a tank full, take it apart and clean it.

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Jim Parker

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  • Posted on May 26, 2009

SOURCE: After rebuild only runs on half choke.Adjusting screw doesn't help

The rebuild you did is correct, but did you clean the small ports in the carb.? I use a Den Tek Brush (used for cleaning teeth). They work great for this job. You may also want to check the small screen in the carb. The smallest of particles can cause this problem.

Jim

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 25, 2009

SOURCE: 25cc weed eater, will only idle

i have found out over 25 years fixing small engine carb are lot of the problems.rebuild the carb and clean real good blow out real good it will go back working fine the diapham go bad.allso change fuel filter to put new gasket between carb and block.let me know if this help you.please.

hunter19_46m

Curtis Sewell

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  • Posted on Dec 23, 2010

SOURCE: I have a RYOBI weed eater model ss30. I can get

Check your fuel filter in the fuel tank,if you have one it may need cleaning or replacement.
If the mower/weedeater is over a year old, then I recommend that you buy
and install a new carburetor repair kit,because the diaphragm will get hard
and that will cause it to be hard to crank.
Sounds like you will need to clean the carburetor or replace your carburetor
internal rubber parts like the diaphgram and O rings.
Be sure to use compressed air to blow out all the fuel and air passages.
Be careful when blowing out the passages, because there are sometimes small
rubber type seats in the bottom of some of the passages.
Sometimes you can get by with priming the carburetor or using starting fluid
and letting it run a few times like that and it will flush the gunk out of
the jets,but most of the time you will need to rebuild the carburetor.
Keep in mind that the float for the carburetor must be level when you go to
reassemble the carburetor or follow the instructions you get with the
carburetor kit.
When you clean your carburetor and remove the jet screws, you will first need
to lightly seat the jet screws.
But before you lightly seat the jet screws count the number of turns it takes
to seat the jet screws from their original position.
Be sure to mark the turns down on a piece of paper.
That way when you put the jets back in, you know to lightly seat them first
and then turn them back out to their orginal position before you started.
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hunter19_46m

Curtis Sewell

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  • Posted on Apr 16, 2011

SOURCE: my weed eater barley runs

Your Carburator is the problem...

Check to make sure you are getting fire/spark at the plug, if so then do the following:
Check/Clean/Replace your fuel filter if you have one, normally they will be located in the fuel tank.
If the mower/weedeater is over a year old, then I recommend that you buy and install a new carburetor repair kit,because the diaphragm will get hard and that will cause it to be hard to crank.
Sounds like you will need to clean the carburetor or replace your carburetor internal rubber parts like the diaphgram and O rings.
Be sure to use compressed air to blow out all the fuel and air passages.
Be careful when blowing out the passages, because there are sometimes small rubber type seats in the bottom of some of the passages.
Sometimes you can get by with priming the carburetor or using starting fluid and letting it run a few times like that and it will flush the gunk out of the jets,but most of the time you will need to rebuild the carburetor.
Keep in mind that the float for the carburetor must be level when you go to reassemble the carburetor or follow the instrucitons you get with the carburetor kit.
When you clean your carburetor and remove the jet screws, you will first need to lightly seat the jet screws.
But before you lightly seat the jet screws count the number of turns it takes to seat the jet screws from their original position.
Be sure to mark the turns down on a piece of paper.
That way when you put the jets back in, you know to lightly seat them first and then turn them back out to their orginal position before you started.
This is a FREE answer,Please rate me

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