It's all about how you treat it. If you take care of it, a store brand will last years. If you don't, a top of the line trimmer won't last 2 years

I have a Stihl FS80R that I picked up for $69 and I put a $20 aftermarket carburetor on it and it runs perfectly! It’s a 1995 and other than the fact it’s faded it’s pretty darn good! I love them old stihls

Bet that carburetor had an interesting story behind it...one we will never know for sure. What a triple whammy, though; the wrong carb installed, the carb having a manufacturing flaw, and still not being able to use their edger. That is an active leak with it not running! No way I'd use it, so I can see the owner not using it. You did the customer good on this repair. 🐺🔧

Good video mate .. you did well to spot the carb defect.. and now running like a champ..

I love seeing a video with my favorite engine from the Stihl pro series 2 stroke! This engine is probably in the top 5 best all time 2 stroke engines ever made! Great power, great power to weight ratio, throttle response is spot on. If you can find one of these trimmers, for gosh sakes just pick it up! I promise youll love it! :) I have an FS85 that i have been using for probably 8-9 years now, and it rips thru anything i throw at it. I also have one of those engines in a Kombi shaft that i built lol! I took the kombi shaft from my km130r and out the fs80 engine on it, wnd my gos what an incredible, versatile tool! To answer ur question IHG, no i wouldnt use a piece of equipment if it was leaking fuel. Way too dangerous. However, it it was vital to finish ex. Rains a coming in the next 5 mins. If make an executive decision to use it haha! Great video my man!

Great repair and video. 👍🙏👍🙏

Good call on the new carb, amigo. This trimmer starts and runs well. :)

That was a unusual place to be leaking. Good job 👍

Nice work on that sthil edger

The newer kombi or multi-head tools are so nice to have rather than a whole bunch of engines. The Milwaukee powerhead system looks pretty nice for homeowners.

The metal plate is for deflecting heat away from the carb mainly but also for a solid mount. These are built really well unlike the new models. I’m not a fan of the 4-mix engine but it sounds cool.

No if it's leakin Gas I will not use it father-in-law wants to give me a newer steel weed wacker. He wants to go to battery Thank you for the video

I don't mind oil leaks too much because between eyeballing and checking levels I'll find them pretty quick but I don't want a gas leak. I'm allergic to burning to death. Good fix and that had to be the wrong carb. Happy weekend!

Gday . I always figured the plate was a heat shield. Ive seen some with upto 4 plates on them.🤷‍♂️

For my two stroke gasoline, I just dump it into my car at the end of the season. Makes me mix fresh gas next season, and whatever remainder 2stroke oil is left in the gallon container is negligible to a full 13 gallon tank on my car.

Inside house garage I had to order a new carburetor for for my Stihl fs90r it cost me $63 dollars but I went to my local Stihl dealer and got it

Great video!! What detergent do you to clean it? Thank you 😊

Great job as always, Me.. i personally try to service the original carb first until i absolutely have to order a aftermarket one. Theres nothing wrong with a good aftermarket one i just like to have OEM. That was strange it had a casting defect. Youd think with the pice of OEM catbs they would alway be perfect. Just my opinion i guess. One quick question❓ will you do a vidoe on you sentinal lawn tractors please?? I restored one to near factory condition and dont see a a whole lot of videos about them. Keep up the awesome content

Nice fix. It would have been nice to say whether the blade nut was left-hand or right-hand thread, since the blade was well-worn.

On some carbs the primer bulb is on top of a double check valve. I've got a really old Stihl blower that has a check valve that has failed. No leaks, just doesn't prevent one directional flow. I'm planning on putting a inline check valve since the carb got discontinued. (No aftermarket clones either). Thoughts?

guy that's a first ,from zama

I go thru a few gallons of 2 stroke gas a year using leaf blowers to dry cars after a wash. Really good strong touchless drying method.

Hey bro ,what's up? That was very strange and interesting to see where the leak was coming from. I guess that the owner had their edger stored engine down and that might be the reason why the fuel cover looks discolored. I personally would address all issues to my equipment ASAP but I'll never use one that has a fuel leak or one that is shocking me also.

What cleaner are you using?

what are you using to clean your machines? Is it just soap and water or some sort of degreaser?

What brand of 2 stroke oil were you using? 8:43

I would not use the machine with a leaky carb. Like you said in your previous videos, carbs are relativity cheap. I would of replaced the carb with the right one.

what would be a possibly reason that the engine wouldn't start even after putting some fuel in the carbs throat? I have good compression and spark.

No i wouldnt. I would have ran to my parts bin or stihl dealer to grab a used base and replace it on the "og" carb. My dealer would have given me that part for free. Great repair!

I have a Ryobi 2-cycle weed eater and I am at loss with it... It will start but only on starting fluid. I have replaced the fuel lines which were worn, replaced the fuel filter, replaced the carburetor, and had fresh fuel/oil mix in it. I don't know what could be wrong... Any ideas? Is it even worth fixing?

I have a stihl fs80 that runs perfect but the rpms will randomly drop when idleing then go back to normal again do you know what could cause this?

I really don't want to end up in the ER with burns, so I would fix a fuel leak immediately.

Hey I have a question if you dont mind, I have a stihl weed eater and when I press the trigger it does nothing but it runs fine, what would you think the problem may be?

@INSIDEHOUSEGARGE hey mate do you have a carb for husqvarna 125b blower and a carb for husqvarna 235r trimmer

for me not a chance and i,d repair the leak unless i want a fire hazard on the property i would use my tools on and of course if i ever owned one of these well same thing basically etc.