Echo handheld blower.

wat5150 · #1 09-13-2012, 06:49 PM

I just bought this blower. Found it on CL. It was $50 and came with basically another echo blower head that wasnt working, just for spare parts. Anyway I put some gas in the spare blower and it fired up after a few pull. It smoked pretty bad and would bog down after you ran it for a while. I was surprised that it fired up and ran. So I basically got 2 for the price of one. So what would be the issue with the smoking? I assume there is a carb or throttle issue with the bogging down. I have a chainsaw that does the same thing. Runs for a bit then just starts coughing and then sputters out.

SECTLANDSCAPING · #2 09-13-2012, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by wat5150

I just bought this blower. Found it on CL. It was $50 and came with basically another echo blower head that wasnt working, just for spare parts. Anyway I put some gas in the spare blower and it fired up after a few pull. It smoked pretty bad and would bog down after you ran it for a while. I was surprised that it fired up and ran. So I basically got 2 for the price of one. So what would be the issue with the smoking? I assume there is a carb or throttle issue with the bogging down. I have a chainsaw that does the same thing. Runs for a bit then just starts coughing and then sputters out.

could be rings.

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h_soape · #3 09-13-2012, 10:07 PM

Seafoam that sucker and see what happens. That is a heck of a deal.

wandfsmall · #4 09-14-2012, 07:45 AM

I would check compression on the unit before you do anything else. Sounds like that is the problem.

Steve · #5 09-14-2012, 10:53 AM

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I would check compression on the unit before you do anything else. Sounds like that is the problem.

Could a lack of compression cause the engine to bog down after you run it for a while?

wandfsmall · #6 09-14-2012, 11:33 AM

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Could a lack of compression cause the engine to bog down after you run it for a while?

yes as an engine heats up it will loose compression.

Steve · #7 09-14-2012, 12:30 PM

Can you explain that more? Which parts tend to do that?

Echo handheld blower.

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