On Thursday, 8 October 2015 10:05:56 UTC+1, charles wrote:
In article ,
Stephen wrote:
Hello,

I bought one of these on a whim when it was in a sale a couple of
years ago. I've never used it properly but on the advice of people
here, I would run it with a load every now and again to make sure it
was working. What with moving house etc. it has not been used in a
long time. I found it whilst tidying the garage the other day and
cannot start it.

Is there anything I can try to resurrect it? The oil/petrol mix has
been in there a while, should I pour that out and start again?

There used to be a product called, I think, "Damp Start" wich you sprayed
into the air intake for situations like this. It seemed - from the smell -
to be a highly combustable product - so it probbly got banned under some
regulation.


Or "Bradex Easy Start".
They all contain ether to help starting.
If you have a propane blowlamp, you can direct gas down the air intake to help starting.

Yes fresh petrol is best. There are volatiles in it to help starting that disappear if it is stored.

Also good to shut the machine down by turning off the petrol.
The petrol in the hot carburetor loses the volatiles more quickly than in the tank.

Generally speaking, the only other thing that goes wrong in 2T engines is the spark plug.