TROUBLE
CAUSE
REMEDY
On/Off Stop Control is "OFF" position
Empty fuel tank
Primer bulb wasn't pushed enough
Engine will not start
Engine will not idle
Engine will not accelerate
Engine lacks power or stalls
when cutting
Cutting attachment
will not
advance
line
Fouled spark plug
Plugged spark arrestor
Engine flooded
Old or improperly
mixed fuel
Old or improperly mixed fuel
Dirty air filter
Carburetor misadjusted
Cutting attachment bound with grass
Old or improperly mixed fuel
Dirty air filter
Plugged spark arrestor
Improper carburetor adjustment
Dirty air filter
No oil in fuel or old fuel
Fouled spark plug
Plugged spark arrestor
Improper carburetor adjustment
Cutting attachment
out of cutting
line
Reel bound up
cutting attachment dirty
Indexing teeth worn or burred
Line welded
Line twisted when refilled
Not enough line is exposed
Turn On/Off Stop Control to "ON"
Fill fuel tank
Press primer bulb fully and slowly
5-7 times. Fuel should be visible in the
bulb
Replace spark plug
Clean or replace spark arrestor
Use starting procedure WITHOUT
USING CHOKE
Drain fuel tanWadd fresh fuel mixture
Drain fuel tanWadd
fresh fuel mixture
Clean or replace air filter
Adjust carburetor
Stop engine and clean cutting
attachment
Drain fuel tanWadd
fresh fuel mixture
Clean or replace air filter
Clean or replace spark arrestor
Take to any nonroad
engine repair
establishment,
individual
or authorized
service dealer for carburetor
adjustment
Clean or replace air filter
Drain fuel tanWadd fresh fuel mixture
Replace spark plug
Clean or replace spark arrestor
Take to any nonroad engine repair
establishment, individual or authorized
service dealer for carburetor
adjustment
Refill cutting attachment
with new
cutting
line
Clean reel and rewind line
Clean reel and reel housing
Replace reel and reel housing
Disassemble,
remove at the welded
section
and rewind the line
Disassemble
and rewind line in reel
Push the Bump
Knob
TM
and pull out
line until 4 in. (102 mm) of the line is
outside of the cutting
attachment
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