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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...

Does anyone know what would be causing the residue on the one side of this spark plug? Please forgive my newbiness.

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...

Howdy! 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.