"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...
A follow up to my non starting Ryobi trimmer thread a few weeks back.

Recap: line trimmer driving a hedge cutter attachment - started and ran
fine for perhaps 20 mins or so before cutting out, and then would not
restart - even when cold. The usual diagnostics seemed to show that fuel
was getting into the cylinder, there was a spark, and air but no joy.

Anyway, I dropped it off at a local garden centre service place for
investigation. Just got a call to say its beyond economic repair since the
cylinder is scored and hence its not drawing the fuel mixture in properly
on each stroke. They said it looks like it had been run without two stroke
oil in it.


I think this is down to product quality, certainly the small motorcycles
coming out of China seem to have a life expectancy measured in weeks, lawn
mowers seem to be just as bad.

I think you did originally say that the were silver deposits in the
crankcase.



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Mike