Had to come by and give credit! your video saved me a job! I locked my weed eater up completely from inaccurate oil and fuel mix. I was in a hurry and topped off, next thing i know it seizes while im using it. Pulled plug, sprayed pb blaster in cylinder, waited 5 mins and tapped with a wood punch and everything retracted. Smoked like hell but now working normally! Thank you sir!
Where are yah suppose to tap with the wooden punch? Everyone is saying tap but not say where. Down in the spark plug hole? I'm on a job with a seized engine.
Thanks man you saved my life. The service dept told me it would take 10 to 20 business days but I said nah gimme the good ol wd40 from there and I fixed it in like 8 minutes
When I started searching TH-cam on how to fix this, I was already where you had lead people to be. I had pulled off the pull start housing to make sure it was free and I had also pulled the plug. The cylinder looked very dry so I filled it with some PB spray. It wouldn’t pull without messing with it further so I took a nail set up side down and lightly tapped the piston head and slowly but Surely it started moving downward. I used the pull cord again and it just got stuck again. One more time of tapping the piston all the way down got enough lubricant on the cylinder wall to free the whole thing. Within five minutes my Weedwhacker was running. By the way, 50 to 1 ratio is way less oil than 32 to 1. 32 to 1 oil is 4 ounces per gallon. 50 to 1 is 2 1/2 ounces of oil per gallon so that is a lot leaner. Anyway thank you for posting. Don’t loan out your money making tools.
Thanks to Mr. Cowett's video and Mr. Gidney's comments. My Featherlite FX26 weed eater seized up. So I removed the spark plus, sprayed WD-40 into the piston chamber, waited an hour, tapped down the piston using the dull side of a nail, put the spark plug back, and then I was able to pull the cord to start the engine. The weed eater came right back and worked just fine. THANK YOU BOTH!
Y. Joshua Chang you’re welcome sir, for sure. Remember that the piston ring eventually takes the beating of it’s life and will eventually get to the point of not letting the motor start because of no compression. I make sure my Weedwhacker is going half speed or three-quarter speed full-time in order for the motor to keep the air flowing by it to keep it cool. Don’t dog it out too much. Use it up for what it’s worth. Have fun
just letting you know I tried your method and IT WORKED!! I used WD-40 and turned it back and forth and it slowly worked it out. Let it set for about an hour.
I had the same problem on my dad’s string trimmer (someone put all gas instead of mix) and the cylinder seized up even though the pull string worked just fine. This video helped me to fix my problem. I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you.
Congratulations, pardner. You have done the good deed. Now to see if I can't do likewise. Thumbs up for bringing out the maul, that was a nice touch...
I had a similar situation with a Poulan leaf blower about 10 years ago. I refilled my 2stroke gas can and forgot to add the oil to it. The machine ran about five minutes, lost power, died at an idle, and was locked up. I immediately remember that I didn’t add oil to the gas. I pulled the spark plug and filled the cylinder with automatic transmission fluid (its what I had around and I didn’t want to spend any money on it). I left it setting a week (while on vacation) and the piston broke free very easily when I got back to it. It started immediately and smoked like a fiend for about 10 minutes (until all the atf in the muffler burned away). It is still running good today. Yeah, don’t just throw your machine out before you try to free it up first.
This really works! I was an idiot and mistakenly bought a can of 100% gas to use in my weed eater. After the motor seized, I realized my mistake. I followed this video and just used a few shots of PB blaster instead of the stuff he used. Weed eater fired right up!
@@JorggeCamppoz directly in the spark plug hole. Just freed my gfs dads blower up after he accidentally ran it with straight gas. Took about 10 mins of it sitting with wd40 in there and it turned after a slight bang with a hammer and an old screw.
Holy sh*t Sir ! Excuse my french , you just saved me a nurvious breakdown . Had this thing 2 weeks new and this happened. Continued blessings sir thank you !
Man that saved my life. I've been working on my Toro and had sprayed either in my carb and it washed away the oil and froze up. I freed it up rather quickly and it fired up and ran good. I sprayed sea foam in the cylinder and used a crescent wrench to free it up. Runs great now.
Have the same trimmer had the same problem. I took mine apart and I think you had the same problem I did. The piston wasn't siezed, it was the bushing or berring on the connector rod that overheated and jammed up. I got it freed up but I might want to replace that piece because it's still a bit sticky. It could probably run fine without it being replaced but will probably run into the same problem later if I don't.
Used pb blaster on mine. Didn’t run it out of oil be the piston was completely seized after sitting for a few years. Put PB in and let it sit for 20 mins then turned it over with a socket. Slapped it back together and good as new.
You can un-sieze a small engine but the rings- piston-cylinder wall are toast. The weed eater will have low compression especially when warmed up and it will run weak.
Thanks, I had a backpack blower that seized due to bad 2 stroke oil I used penetration oil PB and let it sit overnight, It took a while to get it started but once it got going I let it run for a while now it is fine thanks I was getting ready to buy a new one.
Try doing what I did. Pour the marvel mystery oil in the spark plug hole and let it sit for a month or so. But try to break it free by pulling on the chord frequently
Can't believe I did it... brand new chainsaw with straight gas in it... in my defense I used the little one gallon gas can I use for my leaf blower... just forgot that the leaf blower doesnt take a mix.
I just messed up ran my weedeater too with not enough oil some but not enough but it stopped running. I can still pull the string so its not seized so idk what to do
What a DAV, putting straight gas in a two cycle engine. I have a husqvarna 128L and I love it but it always get a dose of 45:1 Stihl Ultra two cycle oil in its gas - premium non-ethanol for sure.
I have the same trimmer! But, i have a husqvarna 150bt backpack blower that has the same issue as your trimmer. I bought a new pull string assembly, but Pull string still stops. Thought it may be the flywheel. Before i take apart, do you think the pull cord on blower seized(even the new one) bc it has pure gas???
just to let ya'll know walmart isn't on my agenda for a while. I got mr weed eater running after just 1 night of soaking the cylinder in 20/50 motor oil and wd40 mixed at a 50/50 mix. didn't even need to twist anything, the piston was already freed by my "MIGHTY MIX" !!!
I am assuming you remove the spark plug first? Trying this do it yourself bc I have a seized up ryobi. How do you drain the oil from it after to reinstall the spark plug? AMD did you spray WD40 in it like he did?
What it means when i put a new spark plug in it gets oil again on the sparkplug so can anyone tell me the promble put it on a husqvarna 128ld in evertime use it i put it on full choke in it runs for few minutes in it dies
@@emilyv6863 ...sorry for the late reply...but it's been so long now that I've forgotten how I did it. But then again ,you've probably got a new one ,as have I !!!
Thanks for the video, it was very useful. Same thing happened to me. Got it unseized, put it back together but now it’s on constant. Instead of idle. What did I do? Lol
I just took an echo apart got it unseized but it seized again after one pull. Is it worth trying again or is something else wrong that I can't fix? Thanks
I was just given a brush trimmer that was in my dad's shed for years. He said it's mine if I can get it running. I thought it was sized but I tried what you showed in the video and it came loose. However, when I filled it up a bunch of dirt and mud bubbled up to the spark plug opening. Is there a way to flush that crap out?
You could use isoprophanol if you wish but absolutely wait for all of it to evaporate after you suck it up good unless you want to become the ghost rider.
Thanks for your tips, I bought a sthil weed eater, it's 18 months old, my son seized it last Saturday. I'm out to my shop now to unseize my weed eater.
@@thejanzenfamily3236 If you've got old 2 stroke permixed fuel stored then you need to shake it so it remixes before using it - or the oil seperate's from the petrol and you seize up...
Use normal power steering fliud you would use in your vehicle pour some in spark plug hole and put sparkplug back in and let it sit for 24 hours.. You will be AMAZED what it will do.. Other lubricant may work but somthing about power steering fliud you cannot beat!!
Keyser, this is a video. Physical proof of a seized engine other than the absolute inability to pull the chord is all I need. What have you been smoking?
I put a new spring underneath the pull rope mechanism. When it’s not on the weed eater it’ll pull and retract but when I put it back on the weed eater I can’t pull the rope.
Sounds like it’s seized. Pour oil in the spark plug hole, let it rest for a while. Then try again. The oil will hopefully free the piston and allow it to move again.
I yanked too hard and the String came off the Spool. And I have a Rusted Nearly Stripped Screw that I can't get to come Loose. I have used a rust remover spray but fear I may still have to take it to the Shop and have it fixed.
Actually, a piston and cylinder for these 125/128 series(poulan manufactured) units is not very expensive at all. You can repair them right for not a whole lot of money.
Jeez I'm a real idiot, at least I have the exact same trimmer as you lol. I put only gas in it forgetting that it's supposed to have an oil blend. Hopefully I didn't mess it up too badly.
Ok so I remove the spark plug dump some marvels in the opening but how do I drain that out? Just to it over? And do I fill the gas tank with the oil gas mix after?
Naaaiii don’t buy into this with much gratitude” 98% of the time the rings are broken from high heat and friction leading to scrapes & scouring piston & cylinder- so that being said it may last 5 minutes or for a while soon enough you’re going start woundering you the f$&&ing thing running like shit
Just an FYI WD-40 is not a penetrating oil it is water displacement it's not a lubricant at all it breaks up rust not trying to be a****** just sharing information
Take out spark plug, add lubricant wait about 24hrs try to fire er up, if does not work trash it. 6min of utter redundancy BS, 32sec of actual help- if ya wan to call it that.
Had to come by and give credit! your video saved me a job! I locked my weed eater up completely from inaccurate oil and fuel mix. I was in a hurry and topped off, next thing i know it seizes while im using it. Pulled plug, sprayed pb blaster in cylinder, waited 5 mins and tapped with a wood punch and everything retracted. Smoked like hell but now working normally! Thank you sir!
Where are yah suppose to tap with the wooden punch? Everyone is saying tap but not say where. Down in the spark plug hole? I'm on a job with a seized engine.
Im guessing it is, did you ever find out?? Currently in the same boat 🤦♂️@@TashaWizard
@@SinikillOfficial th-cam.com/video/bl6i6EZ6pYs/w-d-xo.html
Thanks man you saved my life. The service dept told me it would take 10 to 20 business days but I said nah gimme the good ol wd40 from there and I fixed it in like 8 minutes
When I started searching TH-cam on how to fix this, I was already where you had lead people to be. I had pulled off the pull start housing to make sure it was free and I had also pulled the plug. The cylinder looked very dry so I filled it with some PB spray. It wouldn’t pull without messing with it further so I took a nail set up side down and lightly tapped the piston head and slowly but Surely it started moving downward. I used the pull cord again and it just got stuck again. One more time of tapping the piston all the way down got enough lubricant on the cylinder wall to free the whole thing. Within five minutes my Weedwhacker was running. By the way, 50 to 1 ratio is way less oil than 32 to 1. 32 to 1 oil is 4 ounces per gallon. 50 to 1 is 2 1/2 ounces of oil per gallon so that is a lot leaner. Anyway thank you for posting. Don’t loan out your money making tools.
Thanks to Mr. Cowett's video and Mr. Gidney's comments. My Featherlite FX26 weed eater seized up. So I removed the spark plus, sprayed WD-40 into the piston chamber, waited an hour, tapped down the piston using the dull side of a nail, put the spark plug back, and then I was able to pull the cord to start the engine. The weed eater came right back and worked just fine. THANK YOU BOTH!
Y. Joshua Chang you’re welcome sir, for sure. Remember that the piston ring eventually takes the beating of it’s life and will eventually get to the point of not letting the motor start because of no compression. I make sure my Weedwhacker is going half speed or three-quarter speed full-time in order for the motor to keep the air flowing by it to keep it cool. Don’t dog it out too much. Use it up for what it’s worth. Have fun
@@y.joshuachang4108 dumb question tap where the plug came out of the weed-eater ?
@@brianhood8827 Not sure I understood your question. But I gently stuck (pushed) down the top of the piston after the spark plug was removed.
You helped me so much!! I was about to chuck my trimmer in the garbage, but after watching your video, I brought it back to life!!!
just letting you know I tried your method and IT WORKED!! I used WD-40 and turned it back and forth and it slowly worked it out. Let it set for about an hour.
I had the same problem on my dad’s string trimmer (someone put all gas instead of mix) and the cylinder seized up even though the pull string worked just fine. This video helped me to fix my problem. I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you.
Thank you Tommy. This worked great, took less than 10 minutes to get it going again.
Thanks brother, had the same problem and fixed it in less than ten minutes. Saved 170 bucks!
Congratulations, pardner. You have done the good deed. Now to see if I can't do likewise.
Thumbs up for bringing out the maul, that was a nice touch...
I had a similar situation with a Poulan leaf blower about 10 years ago. I refilled my 2stroke gas can and forgot to add the oil to it. The machine ran about five minutes, lost power, died at an idle, and was locked up. I immediately remember that I didn’t add oil to the gas. I pulled the spark plug and filled the cylinder with automatic transmission fluid (its what I had around and I didn’t want to spend any money on it). I left it setting a week (while on vacation) and the piston broke free very easily when I got back to it. It started immediately and smoked like a fiend for about 10 minutes (until all the atf in the muffler burned away). It is still running good today. Yeah, don’t just throw your machine out before you try to free it up first.
This really works! I was an idiot and mistakenly bought a can of 100% gas to use in my weed eater. After the motor seized, I realized my mistake. I followed this video and just used a few shots of PB blaster instead of the stuff he used. Weed eater fired right up!
Where did you put the PB blaster, directly in the oil fill port?
@@JorggeCamppoz directly in the spark plug hole. Just freed my gfs dads blower up after he accidentally ran it with straight gas. Took about 10 mins of it sitting with wd40 in there and it turned after a slight bang with a hammer and an old screw.
Do u have to remove the wd40 once it's unseized?
was buying a new trimmer until i saw this fixed in about an hr so happy thanks 4 doing this video cheer now have more beer money
@@MichaelMosesHammer carnt even spell the word shit so i think its u who has shit for brains dickhead
This video saved me from sending my Husqvarna to a small engine repair guy and/or buying a new trimmer.
Thank you Sir!
For a quick test but stop quickly
Holy sh*t Sir ! Excuse my french , you just saved me a nurvious breakdown . Had this thing 2 weeks new and this happened. Continued blessings sir thank you !
Man that saved my life. I've been working on my Toro and had sprayed either in my carb and it washed away the oil and froze up. I freed it up rather quickly and it fired up and ran good. I sprayed sea foam in the cylinder and used a crescent wrench to free it up. Runs great now.
Just un-seized my Ryobi 4-Sroke trimmer due to your great video. Many thanks!
Michael Panetta that is what I just did I have an s430
@@jaggerbare6018 I’m having the same issue with my s430...is it a piece of garbage or something?
I bet when it herd you say your gonna finish it off with that axe it started then 😂😂😂
I put copper antiseize on top of piston,tapped piston with 1/4 inch nut driver and 16oz hammer(now I'm going to modify exhaust)increased HP,smooth
Have the same trimmer had the same problem. I took mine apart and I think you had the same problem I did. The piston wasn't siezed, it was the bushing or berring on the connector rod that overheated and jammed up. I got it freed up but I might want to replace that piece because it's still a bit sticky. It could probably run fine without it being replaced but will probably run into the same problem later if I don't.
Thank you this was a very big help to my pops!
Thanks for the video help me out with my weed blower
Thanks for this video this helped me fix my weed eater in about 10 minutes 👌🏼👌🏼
Just got my weed eater freed up now.
thank you very much for your tip.
Used pb blaster on mine. Didn’t run it out of oil be the piston was completely seized after sitting for a few years. Put PB in and let it sit for 20 mins then turned it over with a socket. Slapped it back together and good as new.
Question, for the wooden dowel am I tap tap tapping in the spark plug hole??
You can un-sieze a small engine but the rings- piston-cylinder wall are toast. The weed eater will have low compression especially when warmed up and it will run weak.
Works though. Don't it?
Varnish is the enemy here.
Thanks, I had a backpack blower that seized due to bad 2 stroke oil I used penetration oil PB and let it sit overnight, It took a while to get it started but once it got going I let it run for a while now it is fine thanks I was getting ready to buy a new one.
By the way, the tip I used to take off the pull start mechanism was a t25 (torx 25),
How would you put and drain the magic oil from your blower,weedwacker,small engine?
Try doing what I did. Pour the marvel mystery oil in the spark plug hole and let it sit for a month or so. But try to break it free by pulling on the chord frequently
Can't believe I did it... brand new chainsaw with straight gas in it... in my defense I used the little one gallon gas can I use for my leaf blower... just forgot that the leaf blower doesnt take a mix.
I just messed up ran my weedeater too with not enough oil some but not enough but it stopped running. I can still pull the string so its not seized so idk what to do
What a DAV, putting straight gas in a two cycle engine. I have a husqvarna 128L and I love it but it always get a dose of 45:1 Stihl Ultra two cycle oil in its gas - premium non-ethanol for sure.
Really good video, start to final results.
I have the same trimmer! But, i have a husqvarna 150bt backpack blower that has the same issue as your trimmer. I bought a new pull string assembly, but Pull string still stops. Thought it may be the flywheel. Before i take apart, do you think the pull cord on blower seized(even the new one) bc it has pure gas???
just to let ya'll know walmart isn't on my agenda for a while. I got mr weed eater running after just 1 night of soaking the cylinder in 20/50 motor oil and wd40 mixed at a 50/50 mix. didn't even need to twist anything, the piston was already freed by my "MIGHTY MIX" !!!
I am assuming you remove the spark plug first? Trying this do it yourself bc I have a seized up ryobi. How do you drain the oil from it after to reinstall the spark plug? AMD did you spray WD40 in it like he did?
What it means when i put a new spark plug in it gets oil again on the sparkplug so can anyone tell me the promble put it on a husqvarna 128ld in evertime use it i put it on full choke in it runs for few minutes in it dies
@@emilyv6863 ...sorry for the late reply...but it's been so long now that I've forgotten how I did it. But then again ,you've probably got a new one ,as have I !!!
@@efrenvenegas3346 ...oily plug = too much oil in mix / too rich mixture. Plug should be a nice light brown tan !!!
When letting it sit do you dump out the marvel mystery oil mix or just crank it with it in?
Does WD 40 specialist white lithium work or do I need original WD 40 or does it matter ? Thanks
Thanks for the video, it was very useful. Same thing happened to me. Got it unseized, put it back together but now it’s on constant. Instead of idle. What did I do? Lol
Thank you for the comments. I just unseized my daughters car. She let the oil run out. Marvel mystery oil worked again!
Tommy Cowett 😂 hahaha awsome man that stuff is gold
You can flush the cylinder with gasoline or penetrating lubricant. Do not use water.
I just took an echo apart got it unseized but it seized again after one pull. Is it worth trying again or is something else wrong that I can't fix? Thanks
I was just given a brush trimmer that was in my dad's shed for years. He said it's mine if I can get it running. I thought it was sized but I tried what you showed in the video and it came loose. However, when I filled it up a bunch of dirt and mud bubbled up to the spark plug opening. Is there a way to flush that crap out?
You could use isoprophanol if you wish but absolutely wait for all of it to evaporate after you suck it up good unless you want to become the ghost rider.
Thanks for your tips, I bought a sthil weed eater, it's 18 months old, my son seized it last Saturday.
I'm out to my shop now to unseize my weed eater.
did he run it on straight gas
HighVoltageMadness2300, No he didn't.
It was mixed Gas but it had sat over the winter, I think it lost the strength.
@@thejanzenfamily3236 If you've got old 2 stroke permixed fuel stored then you need to shake it so it remixes before using it - or the oil seperate's from the petrol and you seize up...
jeromeza, thank you very much for this information.
Much appreciated.
Use normal power steering fliud you would use in your vehicle pour some in spark plug hole and put sparkplug back in and let it sit for 24 hours.. You will be AMAZED what it will do.. Other lubricant may work but somthing about power steering fliud you cannot beat!!
My echo trimmer freed up but when its hot it idles rough revs out badly damage has be done needs new piston
Keyser, this is a video. Physical proof of a seized engine other than the absolute inability to pull the chord is all I need. What have you been smoking?
I put a new spring underneath the pull rope mechanism. When it’s not on the weed eater it’ll pull and retract but when I put it back on the weed eater I can’t pull the rope.
Sounds like it’s seized. Pour oil in the spark plug hole, let it rest for a while. Then try again. The oil will hopefully free the piston and allow it to move again.
@@TommyCowett I did, filled it full of WD. I’ll let it set A day or 2. Thanks for responding. 🤗😁
@@TommyCowett I can see the piston moving up and down when I turn the clutch.
I yanked too hard and the String came off the Spool. And I have a Rusted Nearly Stripped Screw that I can't get to come Loose. I have used a rust remover spray but fear I may still have to take it to the Shop and have it fixed.
Actually, a piston and cylinder for these 125/128 series(poulan manufactured) units is not very expensive at all. You can repair them right for not a whole lot of money.
Very true, I got fixed up for £15
got mine sitting in the garage rite now...gonna give it a week...then I'm either gonna be happy ,pissed, or off to walmart !!!
shouldn't run straight fuel ever in a two stroke engine
Interesting...great job, will try it.
You were stuck on 666 likes. Bad luck so I took you to 667👍🏼
Thanks for this video
Lubricant didn't fix that string trimmer. It was fear of being pounded with that maul.
Thankz for the tips
Bummer we didn't get see what that maul was going to do for you. LOL
Jeez I'm a real idiot, at least I have the exact same trimmer as you lol. I put only gas in it forgetting that it's supposed to have an oil blend. Hopefully I didn't mess it up too badly.
I put oil in the plug hole, 5 mins and off she went. 🤗😁👍
Thanks aaron
Clean up the exhausts on these things. It burns so much crap a clogged exhaust can actually prevent them from starting.
Dump it. Let it dry out after you get the cylinder to turn again or piston to turn., same thing! Break it free.
Ok so I remove the spark plug dump some marvels in the opening but how do I drain that out? Just to it over? And do I fill the gas tank with the oil gas mix after?
Naaaiii don’t buy into this with much gratitude” 98% of the time the rings are broken from high heat and friction leading to scrapes & scouring piston & cylinder- so that being said it may last 5 minutes or for a while soon enough you’re going start woundering you the f$&&ing thing running like shit
Couple months...I need to fix immediately...I can't wait that long..waste of time..
You about to beat it to hell
It's the ethanol in the gas
SALUTE ‼️🫡
thanks man
My Mistake, I have a Troy Bilt.
If I cant fix it no one will 😂😂😂😂
Say pull cord or seized one more time.
Someone seized there engine....just call the police 👮
Dems have defunded the police go figure
"MIGHTY MIX".......YAY !!!
Just an FYI WD-40 is not a penetrating oil it is water displacement it's not a lubricant at all it breaks up rust not trying to be a****** just sharing information
By the Way Mine is a Toro.
Goalie
Why destroy it give it away someone can fix it
Take out spark plug, add lubricant wait about 24hrs try to fire er up, if does not work trash it. 6min of utter redundancy BS, 32sec of actual help- if ya wan to call it that.
Thanks, good video, I sprayed W D40 , it works now, very good.
I lost 6 minutes of my life