If you can see the piston ring and if you can tell the ring is slightly wet with gas/oil mix, a simple thing to test would be use a pencil or wood dowel sharpened to a point, and see if you can press the piston ring into the groove and it should spring right back out - if it won't move at all, it's a stuck ring, if shifts a little but doesn't spring back out, could be excessive carbon and gum/varnish from sitting too long.. and if you can press the ring way deep into the groove far enough that it's obviously deep, then ring is likely just worn thin.goulgetter88 wrote:[ What I meant was my eyes are not that great (I wear glasses and still have trouble seeing small things) and that I didn't have enough light to see in the port so go. I will try this and see what happenst
bgsengine wrote:Yeah , sounds like it's toast - for the price of a short block, with another 80 bucks or so on top you can buy a new one at Home Depot - the 225 is the smallest Echo and the "entry level" one - they are good (Ive sold dozens, some of them used by commercial mowers around here, many are still in regular use even after 8 years with minimal maintenance) But, if they are so far gone that they need a short block, may as well get a new one with the 5 year warranty (if you have a good Echo dealer in your area)
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