I was working on a genereac power washer that belongs to my boss. He said it sat for at least a year (maybe more). The fuel tank was empty and the oil was way overfull and smelled like old fuel. I checked the compression and got less than 60psi. Could fuel that leaked down through the engine...
So I just gave it another try while holding down the throttle. I also added a little oil to the O-ring on the compression tester. I might have pulled it 6-7 times before it stoped at probably 88-89 psi.
I also took a picture of the tester plug next to the spark plug. If the O-ring was not on...
I've got a Stihl FS130 that I wanted to take a compression test on becasue I'm going to be parting it out. It starts and runs fine, but when I take out the spark plug and put in the compression tester, it feels like it has almost no compression when I pull the cord. Also, the compression is only...
I'm working on a friends trimmer. I put some new fuel in the empty tank after it had sat all winter and the fuel started coming out of the airfilter. I pulled apart the carb and it was all rusted out and not worth repairing, so I bought a new one. It still runs out the air filter!? Any ideas on...
We've got a 28 Ton Log splitter that just started spewing hydraulic fluid out of the tank yesterday. A customer rented it and when he brought it back he said it had overflowed out from the fill cap. It's happened before when there was too much hydraulic fluid, so I emptied a little more out of...
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I've got some blue fuel in a 4 stroke tiller. How do I tell if it's 2 stroke fuel or not. Someone rented the machine and now it's got this stuff in it.