Tangentially ( who him you say, that's not like him at all ) why does the panel think my petrol strimmer was such a member of bar staff to start ? Ok it hadn't been used this year yet but it's normally cooperative.
It's not an incredibly complex thing, single cylinder 2 stroke so what can the matter be? Checked and cleaned the plug, cleaned the air filter, made sure all the pipes and wires were where they should be but it simply refused to kick over. Kept going away and leaving it in case it was flooded but it stubbornly wouldn't start.
Just when I thought I was going to experience my first cardiac arrest it suddenly decided to start ( off choke interestingly or not ) and has been running fine since. Because of course, it ran for about 5 minutes until the strimmer cable broke. Momentary nerves on the build up to restart but it kicked over like a Japanese hatchback.
Must have pulled that cord a hundred times prior to that first start mind.
All I can think of is that the petrol actually in the pipes was "old" and that with all my faffing about and swearing at it the fresh stuff I'd put in its tank finally got through.
Any petrol strimmer engineers out there with expert advice?
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