I just bought a used Red Max EBZ7100 back pack blower. Fuel lines, spark plug and air filter have been changed. It starts fairly easy and runs fine for a few minutes. After it got hot, when I tried to run it full throttle, it bogged down. It didn't die but, it certainly lost power to the point it wasn't effective anymore. Any ideas what's wrong with it?
RedMax blower bogging down
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Check behind the muffler in the exhaust see if there is to Mich carbon build up if so carefully move the piston with the starter as low as you can get it pull spark plug. Take a small flat head screw driver and scrape it out of there. Take compressed air blow into plug hole and exhaust to get ALL the bits out of there. Do not touch the piston
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Try cleaning the spark arrestor screen on the muffler if it's plugged you'll lose power. You'll have remove the cover most likely , just a couple of screws then pull the screen and clean it with a wire brush to remove the build up and you should be fine.
I ordered a rebuild kit for the carb and a new primer bulb online. I realized that I never changed the gas out. I mixed up some new gas and tried that. It now runs like a champ! No bogging! DUH! I should've done that first.
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Always doing the simple things first can save a lot of time and Money, I too leaned the hard way.:smile: