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Scrubcadet10

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Presented with hard starting, rough running, wouldn't throttle up. Smoking.. dumped out and added my 50:1. No change.
Problem: spark screen clogged.
Cleaned screen, and muffler, new spark plug, and tuned carburetor. Running good now.
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Presented with hard starting, rough running, wouldn't throttle up. Smoking.. dumped out and added my 50:1. No change.
Problem: spark screen clogged.
Cleaned screen, and muffler, new spark plug, and tuned carburetor. Running good now.
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Happens all the time with trimmers and blowers. Easy to diagnose and fix.
 

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And sometimes it is not even carbon that is clogging up things.
 

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Explain to the customer about using the proper oil and oil/mix. Since I’ve change my customers over to Optic-2 I’ve had very few comments about a clogged screen
 

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Explain to the customer about using the proper oil and oil/mix. Since I’ve change my customers over to Optic-2 I’ve had very few comments about a clogged screen
I asked him if he mixed his own or bought premix,he said he mixed his own, I asked "at 50:1?" He goes "oh somewhere around there"... I gave him a 2 stroke oil bottle that has the markings for 50:1 40:1 and so on for a gallon of gas.... we'll see. I'll remember that about Opti.
 

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I should have added that I tell them to only use the pouches, as they require no measuring, use one pouch to one gallon per of gas.
 

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Here I use and sell a Promix that is a multi mix synthetic oil. One container to a gallon of fuel. then it can be use anywhere from 16:1 to 50:1.
 

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Give the air filter a good bath.
 
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