I did what I should have done this morning and split the ox-eye daisy into 5 bits, dug 5 smaller holes and replanted them all. Shall be happy if just one takes. Then we got the sack truck out and moved a new rose in a big pot into the front border. I want to see the exact colour before I plant it into the ground. Tired but very contented and now on the pinot!
Cut the grass qualcast, push jobby, Hubby cut the edges, sowed some lettuces, general tidy up. Did you folk read Carols comments in the latest issue of GW, I can feel an e-mail coming on, she says we shouldnt have grass because it not eco friendly, has to be cut with power tools, isnt neccessary. if you have kids we normally have the grandkids school holidays, or in our case dogs, some grass IS neccessary, I dont feed or weed, at the moment its full of celendines.She is lucky to have a lovely big garden.
@Gardengirl.. it's a mountfield from screwfix they've always replaced without a problem. Seems they don't like winter all and it just won't run apart from idling. Spoke to someone who works for a garden machinery maintenance company and he just says 2 stroke is pants
Have you drained out the tank before use? sometimes that could be the issue - emptied out as much as possible and let it run till all out stops
@Gardengirl.. it's a mountfield from screwfix they've always replaced without a problem. Seems they don't like winter all and it just won't run apart from idling. Spoke to someone who works for a garden machinery maintenance company and he just says 2 stroke is pants
Strip the carb and clean the jets, it's all it will be. Takes 10 minutes.
So the whole carb has been stripped down, all new fuel, fuel lines from the tank checked, filter checked, all and everything else has been looked at. In a previous life I had to do a lot of repairs on engines of all sorts and this is a recurring fault, same thing with last unit and the mountfield engineer said it was a significant fault so I'm sure it ain't wrong fuel mix or just the jets
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Running on idle then dying when you try to throttle it is 100% diagnostic of a blocked jet.
It is usually seen when a tool is left (over winter) and the fuel in the carb evaporates leaving a vanish that blocks the jets.
If you want to avoid the problem, run it until it is completely out of fuel before storing it in future.
I'm not just sure it is a blocked jet, I know it is.