Thread: Wipper Snipper motor wont go !!

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

if you remove the fuel line from the carby......does the fuel flow out freely from the tank........


also......are you running the correct fuel mix......ie 25:1 or 50:1......?

Yer if come outta the fuel line by itself. but as soon as i put it on the carby it goes down the line a lil bit and wont work its way up into the carby. and yer the mix is 25:1

Originally Posted by Defender=1st

i have been given a wipper-snipper and it wont go.

That's why my whipper snipper is electric!

Ron

Originally Posted by p38arover

That's why my whipper snipper is electric!

Ron

Just give it a big drink of 25:1 and that will fix it .

Ditto
what everyone says,
i got a husqvarna, blower that wouldn't go unless the choke was full on, then left on
took it to the local 2 stroke expert bloke, a simple problem he told me and something we all do , the diaphram in the carbi.
in the whipper snippers and the like, they act like the fuel pump sucking the fuel up, when they go on a bit and have had stale fuel left in them, they go hard and don't suck as well.

After having mine repaired
new diaphram and the like, his advice was, each time you use it, make sure you run it dry before you put it away and there will be no problems.
i have no reason to discount what he says, he is the major repairer in this area.


john

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

there is one more little thing.......someone came close.....very close.......
if the thing was sitting around too long with a bit of fuel in the tank.......
the fuel will evaporate eventually and leave the oil only.....which dries out similar to a plastic coating....
this may have blocked something in the carby.....or even the fuel pickup.......




if you remove the fuel line from the carby......does the fuel flow out freely from the tank........


also......are you running the correct fuel mix......ie 25:1 or 50:1......?

The oil doesn't even have to dry out - the passages in the carburetter are so small on these little engines that just the oil will block them. You'd think the fresh fuel mix would dissolve it, and it probably will, eventually, but it will take a lot longer than you want to wait - by which time the fresh fuel is likely to have evaporated! From experience I have adopted the practice of always running the whippersnipper dry before putting it away!
(I know I am going to have trouble though - its over a year since I have needed to use it!)

John