woody
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Sep 20, 2010
- Messages
- 1,039
- Location
- Central Alabama
- Tractor
- Kubota B26, Kubota ZG222, Kubota L45, 1980 Ford 1700
My Craftsman weed wacker died and after doing all the normal diagnostics I tore it completely apart to find a scored piston, cylinder and the exhaust port almost plugged. I have my opinions of what caused this but would like some opinions of others also. the blackness of the oil is a concern as well as the stickiness of it, had to wash my hands several times to get it off maybe not 2 cycle oil not sure. what would cause it to carbon up that much in just one and a half cutting seasons? the cylinder I wash with carburetor cleaner but the piston I left dirty so the picture would show the oil. This weed wacker was built by Troybilt and I like being able to use my drill to crack it especially when working on it.