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Echo SRM-225

#1

K

KrisIL

Hello Guys
New kid on the block :biggrin:
I purchased my Echo SRM0225 last season. Over the winter I left some of the fuel in the tank with stabilizer in it. Now it's time to cut my grass and it starts but after I press on the throttle it will die. If I leave it on run and won't press the throttle it will run smooth all the time. What might cause that? After work I will go and purchase fuel filter , fuel lines and spark plug to replace all of them. But does my carb need to be rebuild?
Thanks for any help


#2

shurguywutt

shurguywutt

Hey, great trimmer, I have one as well.

Did you use fuel that had ethanol in it? If so, it may have gummed up in your lines, carb, filter, etc.

Replace filter, lines, and plug with a "repower kit" on top of this I would recommend buying a carb cleaner spray and take the air filter off and run a few cycles with the spray.

I personally hate using ethanol fuel in my small engines... IT SUCKS in my opinion. I always opt for ethanol free REC FUEL to extend the life of my small engines and carbs. I would recommend it if you can find it somewhere.

ALSO, the fuel may be stale especially if it had ethanol in it. Dump it and add FRESH fuel at once!

Hope this helps...


#3

B

boostedwolfe

shurguywutt said:
Hey, great trimmer, I have one as well.

Did you use fuel that had ethanol in it? If so, it may have gummed up in your lines, carb, filter, etc.

Replace filter, lines, and plug with a "repower kit" on top of this I would recommend buying a carb cleaner spray and take the air filter off and run a few cycles with the spray.

I personally hate using ethanol fuel in my small engines... IT SUCKS in my opinion. I always opt for ethanol free REC FUEL to extend the life of my small engines and carbs. I would recommend it if you can find it somewhere.

ALSO, the fuel may be stale especially if it had ethanol in it. Dump it and add FRESH fuel at once!

Hope this helps...
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Can never go wrong with clean fuel and some stabilizer. If you have excess of older fuel, dump it in your car. It can burn a lot more evenly and would have less impact on the motor as it dilutes in the gas tank as opposed
to the two cycle going through the small quantity in the tank it has. Hopefully it should run after the tune up.


#4

shurguywutt

shurguywutt

boostedwolfe said:
Can never go wrong with clean fuel and some stabilizer. If you have excess of older fuel, dump it in your car. It can burn a lot more evenly and would have less impact on the motor as it dilutes in the gas tank as opposed
to the two cycle going through the small quantity in the tank it has. Hopefully it should run after the tune up.
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Boostedwolfe is right


#5

exotion

exotion

boostedwolfe said:
Can never go wrong with clean fuel and some stabilizer. If you have excess of older fuel, dump it in your car. It can burn a lot more evenly and would have less impact on the motor as it dilutes in the gas tank as opposed
to the two cycle going through the small quantity in the tank it has. Hopefully it should run after the tune up.
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If it doesn't run try some seafoam in gas tank if that doesn't work prolly need to replace carb. Replace carb with one for a srm 230 better parts. Run the machine once every couple weeks through winter to avoid future problems


#6

Ric

Ric

:laughing::laughing: I love this thread, Great thread for a morning laugh. I mean this may sound bad but really we have an individual with an echo trimmer that doesn't run and people saying or telling him to replace filter, lines, and plug with a "re-power kit" someone else saying some seafoam in gas tank if that doesn't work you'll probably need to replace carb :confused2: Has it dawned on anyone to give the guy an answer that makes sense like you have a machine that's a year old with a 2/5 year warranty and you should maybe take the thing back to the shop and let them deal with it under warranty or at least try before you go buying kits or carbs and possibly void the warranty you have.


#7

exotion

exotion

Ric said:
:laughing::laughing: I love this thread, Great thread for a morning laugh. I mean this may sound bad but really we have an individual with an echo trimmer that doesn't run and people saying or telling him to replace filter, lines, and plug with a "re-power kit" someone else saying some seafoam in gas tank if that doesn't work you'll probably need to replace carb :confused2: Has it dawned on anyone to give the guy an answer that makes sense like you have a machine that's a year old with a 2/5 year warranty and you should maybe take the thing back to the shop and let them deal with it under warranty or at least try before you go buying kits or carbs and possibly void the warranty you have.
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Your right I didn't even consider warranty. I said what I said as I own three 225 machines the carb is garbage. I've replace all annually because they always seem to have issues . I've tried cleaning the carb still doesn't work(don't own an ultrasonic cleaner) the 230 carb is the first that hasn't had issues after a year this is my second year with it. The 230 carb is cheaper on Amazon and doesn't gum up.... Weird but whatever I am about done with these things. My edger pe225 this year is having issues will only run with the choke mostly on. I've torn the carb apart cleaned it put it back on nothing. Seafoam in tank and straight into the air intake.. nothing. I replace filters(both) and plug annually also . So this us why I am saying the carb us done because I know it is


#8

Ric

Ric

exotion said:
Your right I didn't even consider warranty. I said what I said as I own three 225 machines the carb is garbage. I've replace all annually because they always seem to have issues . I've tried cleaning the carb still doesn't work(don't own an ultrasonic cleaner) the 230 carb is the first that hasn't had issues after a year this is my second year with it. The 230 carb is cheaper on Amazon and doesn't gum up.... Weird but whatever I am about done with these things. My edger pe225 this year is having issues will only run with the choke mostly on. I've torn the carb apart cleaned it put it back on nothing. Seafoam in tank and straight into the air intake.. nothing. I replace filters(both) and plug annually also . So this us why I am saying the carb us done because I know it is
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Well they probably wont do anything under warranty because they will come up with some reason to make it his fault but if he starts messing with it they will know and that will blow any chances of warranty work now or down the road if something major happens. Someone talk about and tried to place blame on ethanol gas but I don't buy that because the machine is designed to run on the 10% stuff.
It actually sounds more like the spark arresting screen maybe dirty or plugged.


#9

exotion

exotion

Ric said:
Well they probably wont do anything under warranty because they will come up with some reason to make it his fault but if he starts messing with it they will know and that will blow any chances of warranty work now or down the road if something major happens. Someone talk about and tried to place blame on ethanol gas but I don't buy that because the machine is designed to run on the 10% stuff.
It actually sounds more like the spark arresting screen maybe dirty or plugged.
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I don't blame ethanol I blame garbage parts lol


#10

Ric

Ric

exotion said:
I don't blame ethanol I blame garbage parts lol
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lol that's what I don't understand, how can you have garbage parts on something that isn't already garbage to begin with. The OP has the machine for one season and the thing doesn't run, I mean really a tune-up kit after one season, a new carb after one season and that's just one of the many complaints people have with the echo's and people still say there the best. :confused2:


#11

Z

zmister11

Ric said:
lol that's what I don't understand, how can you have garbage parts on something that isn't already garbage to begin with. The OP has the machine for one season and the thing doesn't run, I mean really a tune-up kit after one season, a new carb after one season and that's just one of the many complaints people have with the echo's and people still say there the best. :confused2:
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Yeah I used to use the same trimmer but after it gave me problems after only a year I went with the Stihl fs 90. And never looked back. Now I just have the echo 225 as a backup and I never use it lol


#12

Snapperfreak

Snapperfreak

I have two old echos. SRM 2100 and 2400. Bought the 2100 new in 1998, recently picked up the 2400 but it's in excellent shape. Never had any issues with my 2100 and both work great. However, I too have heard less than great things about new echos and if I were to buy a new one it's be a stihl.


#13

exotion

exotion

Ya next time I'm buying stihl


#14

L

LoCo86

exotion said:
Ya next time I'm buying stihl
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If you're looking for a strong two stroke then the FS 94R would be a good choice. I said I would never get one and that I would stick to my four stroke Stihls but I'm glad I bought this machine, it's awesome. Lightweight and powerful. I've put this accessory on it called the Edgit-Pro and it has replaced my edger for the year. I just had to use my edger with a blade for the first mow of the year to redefine the the edge and now I just use this to maintain it. It takes a little getting use to but in my opinion it works great.


#15

exotion

exotion

Stihl has a crazy powerful stick edger don't remember the model but it's the most powerful stick edger out there I will be buying that. As for my weedeater I don't really need crazy power I probably don't even use my 225 to its full potential as it is so probably the cheapest commercial model for that.


#16

Ric

Ric

LoCo86 said:
If you're looking for a strong two stroke then the FS 94R would be a good choice. I said I would never get one and that I would stick to my four stroke Stihls but I'm glad I bought this machine, it's awesome. Lightweight and powerful. I've put this accessory on it called the Edgit-Pro and it has replaced my edger for the year. I just had to use my edger with a blade for the first mow of the year to redefine the the edge and now I just use this to maintain it. It takes a little getting use to but in my opinion it works great.
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I guess if your a 2 stroke fan the 94 is a good trimmer but for 10$ difference in price I'll go to the FS 100. You get a 31.4 cc engine which has a lot more power instead of a 24.1 and the difference in weight is nothing.


#17

Ric

Ric

exotion said:
Stihl has a crazy powerful stick edger don't remember the model but it's the most powerful stick edger out there I will be buying that. As for my weedeater I don't really need crazy power I probably don't even use my 225 to its full potential as it is so probably the cheapest commercial model for that.
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I believe the stick edger you're talking about is the FC 110 it has the 31.4cc engine. I use the FC 90 and it does a good job. I also use the FS 110 with that same 31.4cc engine and it cuts anything.


#18

exotion

exotion

Ric said:
I believe the stick edger you're talking about is the FC 110 it has the 31.4cc engine. I use the FC 90 and it does a good job. I also use the FS 110 with that same 31.4cc engine and it cuts anything.
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Ya, it would be nice not to keep the walk behind edger on my trailer and have a stick edger powerful enough for the first time edges and like I said I dont really need a powerful trimmer


#19

Ric

Ric

exotion said:
Ya, it would be nice not to keep the walk behind edger on my trailer and have a stick edger powerful enough for the first time edges and like I said I dont really need a powerful trimmer
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I like the FC 90 It does a great job, I think the FC 110 would be a great machine but it's a little much for what I want. For smaller or lighter jobs I use the FC 75 that I've had since the beginning.


#20

shurguywutt

shurguywutt

never heard back from op but because the machine is so new I would bet the fuel is just stale or carb is dirty. no need to replace the trimmer or buy a new carb until you check those things... you can always just take it to a dealer and pay for them to do the things we already mentioned.


#21

J

JBrzoz00

I have the same machine, maybe 2-3 years old, gets 10 mins of use once a week. I think i left fuel in it last winter.

I literally just replaced my carb 5 mins ago. It runs like new.

Got the carb on e bay from a place called ROP equipment.


#22

J

JP56

Ric said:
😆😆 I love this thread, Great thread for a morning laugh. I mean this may sound bad but really we have an individual with an echo trimmer that doesn't run and people saying or telling him to replace filter, lines, and plug with a "re-power kit" someone else saying some seafoam in gas tank if that doesn't work you'll probably need to replace carb :confused2: Has it dawned on anyone to give the guy an answer that makes sense like you have a machine that's a year old with a 2/5 year warranty and you should maybe take the thing back to the shop and let them deal with it under warranty or at least try before you go buying kits or carbs and possibly void the warranty you have.
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Rick, any chance you have a diagram or pic of the fuel line routing & tank grommet for the SRM -225 trimmer? My son's died & I took a look at it. The hoses are rotted & snapped at the grommet, and there are only 2 hoses from the tank to the carb, BUT there are 3 holes in the tank grommet ! Am I missing something here , or is there a 3rd hose that should be in that grommet hole & going to someplace I cannot see?


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