4 cycle weed eater smokes heavily - any ideas?
SA Development
I have a 4 cycle weed eater (no oil/gas mixing) and yesterday I was using it
for awhile, then I had to stop to put a new string on. When I started it
back up, it was hot and began smoking badly. I shut it off and waited a bit
(did some mowing) and then came back to it to check the oil in it. The oil
seemed fine. When I started it back up, there was a little smoke, but when
it went on its way again working fine.
Can these things simply get overheated if revved too much?
Is this likely what caused the smoke?
Any other ideas?
I've had it for about 2-3 years now and have changed the oil about a year
ago on it...
Thanks,
Alan
Duane Bozarth
string -- try to keep from turning it upside down or sideways and if
do/must, let it sit in normal fully upright uncomfortable :) position
for a while before running it again...
SA Development
> Probably just dumped a bunch of oil into the cylinder while changing the
> string -- try to keep from turning it upside down or sideways and if
> do/must, let it sit in normal fully upright uncomfortable :) position
> for a while before running it again...
Wow, I didn't know that you should flip it on its side. I almost always do
that. I'll be more careful from now on--thanks for the advice!
Alan
as4603
be checked and adjusted. I think it's after a couple of years or
something like that. I have one (quick link - multi function unit) and
it started smoking over the last year. Wondering about the valve
clearance, I'm not sure that's something I can handle..
Ulysses
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Or some oil got onto the air cleaner and into the carburator from tipping it
the wrong way.
Stormin Mormon
warms up. The engine will restart after the engine cools off.
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Christopher A. Young
Do good work.
It's longer in the short run
but shorter in the long run.
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FDR
There's a nicotene patch you could try.
PrecisionMachinisT
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> If the valve clearance is wrong, the engine will fade and then die when it
> warms up. The engine will restart after the engine cools off.
>
Only if the valve clearance is too tight.....if they're set a bit too loose
then they'll simply clatter instead.
Either way, it's still not gonna cause oil smoke.
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> So I just had the same problem and it was really a simple fix there was
> TOO much oil put in when it was given an oil change
Peeler
trolling senile geezer Rodent Speed, wrote:
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Jim E
this response. No one who reads it could possibly find it useful.
Bob F
And certainly, they still use oil, even if it is in the crankcase as
described above. So what the hell does your response add?