Re: 2-stroke engine failures

Posted by Tom R on July 26, 2005 at 09:56:42 from (216.136.3.126):

In Reply to: 2-stroke engine failures posted by KYfarm on July 26, 2005 at 05:35:47:

All the previous replies are accurate. In addition, there are several other relatively common issues with 2 cycle engines.

Over a period of time with non-use, the reed valves may "stick" (probably from dried fuel mixture). This can usually be corrected by pouring a small amount of fuel into the spark plug hole and starting the engine.

The exhaust may be plugged with carbon build-up. This is expecially true if there is a piece of screen wire that acts as a spark arrestor. To fix this, you need to remove the muffler (or whatever else in in the exhaust flow) and scrape off the excess carbon.

I assume that you have checked to make sure that you have a spark, any air intake filter is not clogged, etc.

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