Predator Auger Starts And Runs But Stops When You Try And Use It.

[@tomlewis3658]

This was another good repair. Capping the 3rd line with a screw is a good solution.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you Tom Lewis.

[@ethanmiller3935]

Great video as always! If I had to use a 3 hole grommet I would have capped it off with an old echo fuel tank vent (I have a handful of them in a parts bin), just to look a little more professional. It wouldn't matter if it is a working vent or not because the gas cap should vent on those. But let's be honest it doesn't really matter as long as the fuel doesn't leak out of it. And I will keep the screw trick in mind if I am in a pinch or out of vents!! Keep up the good work!!!

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you Ethan Miller.

[@watermanone7567]

You did a good job. Some machines use the third hole for a vent with a check valve device on the end of it. I think echo may use it that way. Thanks for the video.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you Waterman one.

[@Jim-ie6uf]

Looks like there was a little water on the diaphragm. HF now sells replacement parts and carbs. Good job.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

Jim S, it's from me washing the carb and some of the water getting into the vent

[@andreworli4117]

Nice video. I've never used and auger, they look lethal😎

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

you bet it is!

[@mad2strokeguy694]

Another way to block off the third hole on the grommet, is to get a fuel tank breather or pressure reliever it is small and would fit snugly on to the fuel line and is beneficial

[@MercuryDemers2007]

that's what I would do

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

that works too.

[@EzRay11]

Yep, I’d add the third line and plug it. I also don’t have much luck with carb kits. I’d rather replace the carb. Having said that I also don’t like ordering from Amazon because I’m never really confident of the model numbers and the various engines they’re used for. I’ve been burned before. I usually take the carb to my local small engine dealer and let them make the call. It’s usually the right carb. Cheers

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you Ez Ray.

[@berkeleygang1834]

I've been thinking about getting that auger. As to would I have plugged the grommet or ordered a replacement, it depends on how urgently I needed the auger. Great excuse to delay the project. LOL But you also only find these things when you need them. Compromise? Plug the three hole grommet as a temporary measure to use the auger until the two hole grommet showed up.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

that sounds reasonable.

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Great video👍Maybe someone will see it and drain their fuel before putting up equipment. Ya gotta hope 🙂 Personally, I would put the vent back but it will likely run fine without it(most don't have one anyway)

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

Great point!

[@andybecker2693]

The screw will work just fine. Putting an external fuel vent on the third line would be good too if you had one laying around from an Echo. That way if the cap vent fails it will still vent properly.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you Andy Becker.

[@williammoore4800]

I have done it before but no normally I don't plug them it's just I don't know it just shows that to the customer to me it's just shows them that I'm all about doctoring something instead of actually fixing it properly you know some people are complain about it but a lot of people won't as long as like you said as long as the machine works and runs that's all that matters but I'll send you a picture of that grommet it's like The echoes take it has three one for the main line one for the return line and then there's a vent tube that comes up and there's a little filter on the top a vent filter you can use those there's nothing wrong with using them all they do is Purge pressure off I think we should don't matter it'll still run I put them on the ones that I work on that was just like this when I replace all the lines so they will actually work

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

I appreciate the information William Moore.

[@aussienebula8331]

Ahh The fencer's friend, my back needed one of those 40 years ago. Yeah i would use a screw to block the tube, if it solves the problem looks are nothing, as i think looking in the mirror each morning.lol. Cheers

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you Aussies nebula.

[@ramadinsookhoo6141]

Hey bro nice video. My 025 Stihl chainsaw have an extra line on it which is plugged off and I don't have any issues with it because it get the job done when I need it too.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

that reassures me, thank you.

[@ramadinsookhoo6141]

@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE you're welcome bro. It's always been that way since my dad bought it in 1990. I personally have no issues whatsoever with the extra line being capped off because it never got in our way when we were cutting down trees or cutting dry fallen trees for firewood to cook with.

[@Turningwrenches85]

Another good repair fix on this predator auger

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you Turningwrenches85

[@YukiNeko-Neko]

when someone brings me their yard tools to get repaired and ask me why they keep having an issue with newer equipment. Once I fix it. I take the time to tell them they can keep doing what they are doing and have to keep bring it back to me. OR then I tell them how to care for their stuff correctly. Sometimes they look like a light bulb finally lite and they get it. Or they look like a deer in headlights ( which means ill see them soon again).

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

I've tried too, but they never listen.

[@YukiNeko-Neko]

@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE there's is always a few that do learn. Others though that do not learn. It just means more fun for you and me.

[@mrmerhtin3625]

Get it running while the correct part arrives

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

makes sense.

[@johnaldrich2074]

for the third fuel hose you could add a vent, like what echo units have

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

that makes sense.

[@cbauer72]

If it were mine and I needed it immediately, I'd have plugged it but then gone back and ordered the proper one later.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

that makes sense.

[@williammoore4800]

Now will tell you on eBay and Amazon they do sell the carburetor for these for like 15 bucks comes with all the lines in the grommets and everything and new fuel filter and everything for $15 in new gaskets and it is tunable

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you William Moore.

[@jjjuarez312]

Good job brota

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you, I appreciate it JJ Juarez.

[@electroddxful]

Great video and repair.👍🙏👍🙏I enjoy your video a lot👍🙏👍🙏

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you RayFpv.

[@robertmailhos8159]

👍👍👍👍glad you o it up and running again

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you Robert Mailhos.

[@terrymcreynolds6183]

Thanks for your help!😀❤️

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

anytime!

[@williammunday3279]

I have one just like this I fixed carburetor like you did you do good video’s but I tried to pull rope to start and rope jerked out of my hand I think it might be clutch bad do you know where it is and how to replace it Thanks for all of your great video’s

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

unfortunately I've never had to fix the clutch on one of these.

[@MazichMusic]

I used the pre-mixed canned fuel in my 2-cycle equipment with no issues. I still drain the tanks when I'm done.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

nice, you shouldn't have carb problems then.

[@christianparkour8880]

Looks like you had posion ivy beside where you were digging

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

probably

[@qfdforme]

Nice work (again).

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

Thanks again!

[@MOTHERCLUCKER2014]

Great video! Thank you!

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

Glad you liked it!

[@Patrick4959]

well for me i,d try out out the fuel line plugging first and it that works good that,s fine and if not simply order the right part online and your good to go etc.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you Patrick Stapleton.

[@Patrick4959]

@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE my pleasure mate.

[@ebberheguedusch1935]

I got one of those AUGER any once it starts it doesn't have much Power like before??? Any ideas what could be wrong with the Auger???

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

is your air filter, dirty or wet? Have you check the spark arrestor screen for a blockage, and do you keep fuel in the tank for long periods of time?

[@derekdowdy7368]

Does anyone know what you would do if the thing you squeeze is having no affect on the rotation of the blade? It feels like the blade only spins when I move up the choke and squeezing the trigger has no effect

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

I would think the cable from the trigger to the carb, might broken or disconnected

[@wallacetom1]

Where do you purchase a new carb from? Also does the auger have to be attached to start the engine?

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

I get them from Amazn and no the auger does not have to be attached. There is no safety switch for the auger.

[@jameshedrick605]

I usually put an extra tank vent in it

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

makes sense.

[@williammoore4800]

See that fuel line is what they call EPA line they put that line on every piece of machinery two cycle push mowers are not push mowers at two cycle engines like weed eaters chainsaws blowers whatever they all have this EPA line on it and that's in case the line gets damaged while being shipped you still have an inner layer and this causes a lot of lot of problems I just worked on like three of them since I moved not augers but weed eaters and chainsaws and they all had this EPA line on it that had the plastic liner on the inside and that was the issue with them and a lot of times sitting on the shelf you know multiple weeks and months at a time before they're sold these lines begin to deteriorate and once gas hits the lines all you have is an inner liner and when you start it up if it has a little bit of suction from the engine pulling the gas up through the carburetor it suck that liner down and it run until the carburetor runs out of gas and then it can't suck no more gas up there cuz of that liner this is a good method in a way but it's also causes a lot of problems in people think they buy junk because of this I mean 90% of the polling pro chainsaws and Craftsman weed eaters and stuff like that and steel chainsaws and steel weed eaters every one of them are shipped with the EPA line

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

that's pretty cool, I didn't know that.

[@williammoore4800]

@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE yeah and actually I actually done a a video on KZbin which my videos don't do very good on KZbin cuz I was kind of new to KZbin but and it takes a long time for subscribers and everything to make you and I think they pulled it off but anyhow I done a demonstration on the fuel line and put some at like cancer fuel line and put it in 100% gas station it's cheaper could you change the lines and be done with it regardless if it needs it or not and then that way you can resolve the problem before it ever gets here

[@williammoore4800]

Either that grown man I'll see if I can find one but I had a blower that had only two lines going to it and I replaced the grommet and it had three that third grown that third hole in that grommet is made for a vent okay you can you can run that you can run your two lines like you always do to your carburetor and the other one just goes down and it's a dent it keeps your it it still work that's exactly what I put on all the other augers that I used was that same one with the the three and had the vent

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thanks for the information

[@MercuryDemers2007]

I would have put a vent on the third line even though the cap is vented

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

that makes sense

[@NguyenMicheal]

Where are you located?I would like you to fix my lawn mower 🙂

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

I'm not taking any work at the moment.

[@saigyl9149]

I've used a variety of augers and this is one version i won't use because this is the style that you hear stories of people being flung around by

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

I've heard the the same problem

[@tictactoejoe]

Hi what grade gasoline does it take? thanks

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

87 octane or higher

[@tictactoejoe]

@@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE Thanks!

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

no problem

[@williamsnow1531]

I would of plugged the third line up just the way you did it.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you William Snow.

[@brianking1138]

I would have done that repair just like you did.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you Brian King.

[@bensmith2315]

I got a push mower that has not ran because it floods a lot

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

Replacing the carb, would get it up and running pretty quickly .

[@bensmith2315]

Ok thanks

[@CuriousKL]

Looks like it sat outside. Rubbers and plastic look sun baked.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

I know right, glad someone else saw the rubber parts too.

[@christophermarshall5765]

I would blank off the 3rd hole.

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

thank you Christopher Marshall.

[@williammoore4800]

Well this is what I always do if I always mess with these to try to you know work on the motor or whatever always take the auger off and I built me a table that has a hole in it and I can literally bolt this auger down to it and or clamp it down or whatever and you can put it on this table and start it and you don't have to worry about the dick turn the auger turning and digging a hole in your yard or wrapping around the tree right and breaking your neck but these these predators are augers from harbor freight is very good they just have the basic issues people run ethanol gas in them and you can't run it in them and matter fact two weeks before I moved I worked on one of the bigger size predator augers they got one more size just a little bigger than this and it's a four-stroke in it's a dangerous machine man but all in all they're good

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

that's a pretty good idea.

[@copperheaddesigns672]

this to not be dangerous requires at least 2 people or you must be jacked

[@INSIDEHOUSEGARAGE]

lol.. I see, two man it is then.