what kind of compression should i have on a weedeater excalibur hedge trimmer?
i'm getting slightly less than 90psi. its warm. not hot. i was fooling with it trying to get it to stay running for 10-15 minutes before checking compression.
it won't run without the choke. i have to feather the choke between full and half to get it to stay running. i cleaned the carburetor as best i could with a can of air. it looked pretty clean. the only thing i can think of is it's not getting enough compression.
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Minimum compression on all Poulan products is 90 psi. I have seen them run fairly well as low as 80, and others that wouldn't even start.
alright, i let it soak in carb cleaner for about 20 minutes and i put a carburetor rebuild kit in it. that helped. then i dumped out the old gas and put in fresh gas. that helped even more.
now it runs. it has a bit of a hesitation when i give it the throttle. it starts to die then it revs up. if i slowly bring give it throttle it revs right up.
i started to tell him it's as good as i can get it and to come and get it but i gotta try one more time to make it right.
