kyrsyan
Has No Life - Lives on TB
I have an old Ryobi 890R 4 cycle weed trimmer. When we got it fired up this season, it was leaking gas unless is was running. So I ordered a carb kit that was more a mini seasonal overhaul kit (with the wrong size fuel lines). Anyways, I'm at the point of just replacing the fuel line and filter to be done but I have a few questions.
1. Is it worth it to try to rebuild the old carb or should I just order a backup new? I got the kit for $12. It's okay. The fuel lines included and one of the fuel filters are pointless for me. But the spark plug, carb, one filter, and gasket were good. And there are 2 primer bulbs but I've honestly had fuel lines and carbs go bad more frequently than bulbs.
2. From a random comment, I think I may be storing my weed trimmers wrong. I was taught to store them with the engine/gas tank down and the head above it. Should it be reversed or flat? It doesn't matter what I do for storage each winter, I always have a fight to get them restarted in the spring. So any advice on storage and winter maintenance is appreciated. The best success I've had is to run them dry at the end of season and store them. Well, that's the method that generally leads to the least repairs and headache.
3) This one has an adjustable throttle but I've never had to adjust one before. On my other one (parts on order) I can't adjust the throttle without a special bit. I set the throttle bolt on the new carb as close as I could to where the one on the old carb was. Can someone advise me on how to adjust this to keep the weed trimmer running if that becomes a problem? On the old carb it took a bit to get running and keep running but once it got warmed up it would idle fine. Until then it would stall out randomly (and annoyingly).
And yes, I'll be overhauling the other, slightly younger 2 cycle Ryobi as well. Now that the carb isn't $80 but rather $25. It is actually in worse shape and I don't think there will be any salvaging that carb.
Thanks all.
1. Is it worth it to try to rebuild the old carb or should I just order a backup new? I got the kit for $12. It's okay. The fuel lines included and one of the fuel filters are pointless for me. But the spark plug, carb, one filter, and gasket were good. And there are 2 primer bulbs but I've honestly had fuel lines and carbs go bad more frequently than bulbs.
2. From a random comment, I think I may be storing my weed trimmers wrong. I was taught to store them with the engine/gas tank down and the head above it. Should it be reversed or flat? It doesn't matter what I do for storage each winter, I always have a fight to get them restarted in the spring. So any advice on storage and winter maintenance is appreciated. The best success I've had is to run them dry at the end of season and store them. Well, that's the method that generally leads to the least repairs and headache.
3) This one has an adjustable throttle but I've never had to adjust one before. On my other one (parts on order) I can't adjust the throttle without a special bit. I set the throttle bolt on the new carb as close as I could to where the one on the old carb was. Can someone advise me on how to adjust this to keep the weed trimmer running if that becomes a problem? On the old carb it took a bit to get running and keep running but once it got warmed up it would idle fine. Until then it would stall out randomly (and annoyingly).
And yes, I'll be overhauling the other, slightly younger 2 cycle Ryobi as well. Now that the carb isn't $80 but rather $25. It is actually in worse shape and I don't think there will be any salvaging that carb.
Thanks all.
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