OK now I have to be that guy. You are amazing. I had been trying for the last year to get this thing up and running. I had to use me electric leaf blower. Decided to do another search and today I saw your video. did what was said. I also made sure I followed the correct start procedure. Took out the spark arrestor. Started the leaf blower without the spark arrestor in place. The leaf blower ran well and had power without the spark arrestor removed. So I cleaned the spark arrestor with my blow torch. I waited for the spark arrestor to cool so I could handle the cleaned spark arrestor. After the spark arrestor was properly cooled to handle I was able to re-install the spark arrestor in the spark arrestor spot. I was able to re-start the leaf blower with the cleaned spark arrestor in place and was able to blow leaves and yard debris to my little hearts content. So thank you on the dirty spark arrestor advice. It surely sparked my interest. You arrested my fears. Thank you
@Thelawncarenut6 жыл бұрын
Spark arrestor was my nickname in high school
@ColonelK0rn16 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Now I know what to do if I really want to irritate the neighbors early on the weekend. Thanks Connor 👍🏼
@j.shelbymerchant34494 жыл бұрын
This was great! Worked perfectly and I also used the blow torch. After buying all the sparkplug, air filter and fuel filter package, I was at a loss. Many thanks - This is how the internet is supposed to work; a community to help each other.
@vincentpicpic2 ай бұрын
lmao, i tore mine appart, changed the gaskets and all. just to finally realize you had the answer with this very simple trick. guess i learned along the way so i'm no to mad about it :) thanks for your video, save me a lot of time and money
@johnfetter32526 жыл бұрын
Connor, have you considered putting little handlebar mustaches on your flamingos?? TheLawnCareNut will go completely, well, NUTS!!
@MassiveSwordAndCards2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this. This blower sucks but I have to use it 10 hours a day for work. It clogs up after only about 30 hours of use... so this is a godsend. Now I have POWER!!!
@Trap..house.7 ай бұрын
A customer just brought me a backpack blower with no power , found this video right away and This fixed the issue! We chose to remove it completely ✔️appreciate the video!
@masonwaderomans64146 ай бұрын
Thanks! One of the very few times in the history of KZbin that actually was helpful, understandable, and didn’t leave me more confused than I started! And yes the spark arrestor was the problem! Great fix!
@bdon70210 ай бұрын
This is amazing. Couldn't for the life of me figure out why my stihl blower had so much less power, gonna try this when I get home
@tonyjaime98632 жыл бұрын
Just saved me over $300 in 2 minutes. Thanks
@MADDFAC33 жыл бұрын
After being discouraged for weeks that my shredder vac had lost all power, I replaced the air filter which did nothing. I saw this video today while on my way to a job. I turned and went back home, pulled the spark arrestor out and put the torch to it. My blower is back to full power. This was unbelievable. Thank you for your video.
@lawnrebel3 жыл бұрын
Yes it is night and day difference in power. I just also did my string trimmer
@MADDFAC33 жыл бұрын
I’m going to attempt it on my trimmers next.
@jameshumig45312 жыл бұрын
Spent a couple years thinking about what was wrong with the stupid thing, spraying the carburetor, cleaning the filter, spark plug... Should have just searched. Torch did the trick. Was ready to get rid of it, but works like new now! Thanks!
@marks263110 ай бұрын
Many thanks, I have two stihl blowers, that were running crappie! I cleaned the spark arrestors on both using your method, and now they both run like new again, you saved me a lot of time & money, thank you again.
@MikeinVirginia14 жыл бұрын
I lost power on my Stihl 55 leaf blower. I had this exact problem. Thank you! I cleaned my spark suppressor with gasoline and it cleaned right up. I let it dry, and re-installed it. Runs great now! 🙂
@lawnrebel4 жыл бұрын
Amazing how good it works
@kennethcooley99172 жыл бұрын
@@lawnrebel Mathew McConaughey: well alright, alright.... You got the Sand Desert Eagle 85 wind Blower doing a trip,🤣🤣🤣. Sup Connor Pal ???😜
@richardrogowski49214 жыл бұрын
If we lived close I would buy you a beer! I was about to go and buy a new blower! Worked perfectly! Thank you!
@deramonbmw3 жыл бұрын
Genius. It took longer watch the video than it did to fix the problem. You are right on target.
@cfglazier2 жыл бұрын
Wow that was exactly what was wrong with my Stihl leaf blower and the fix worked perfectly. Strange that this issue is not mentioned in the Stihl owners manual. Thanks for the video.
@kenneth07956 жыл бұрын
Omg, thank you. My blower was doing the same thing. Gave up on it. Now it's all better wooohoooo
@maxbane94152 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Had exact same problem with BG 86. That was it!
@dealtdeal13532 жыл бұрын
Same here on my bg86 as well.
@chetbarney66355 жыл бұрын
Thanks...I knew KZbin wouldn't disappoint. I'm going to go out and torch my spark-arrestor right now!
@ShannonRMcKenzie Жыл бұрын
Thank you mate - this was an awesome tip and worked a treat for my BG 86C - I was ready to take this up to the dealership to have repaired but you just saved me a bunch of money!
@brandonhebert54853 жыл бұрын
I have a Husqvarna BT130 backpack blower and it did the same thing this guys blower did. I thought he was nuts but I went and pulled the spark arrester off and now that thing runs like a scalded ape. It also sounds a lot better too! Thanks Connor!
@JC-ln6on5 жыл бұрын
Don’t need a torch if you don’t have one - I used a water based, rust inhibitive heavy duty degreaser(All Purpose Prepaint Degreaser by Great Lakes Labs, if you’re interested) to loosen the contaminant once the arrestor was free(just dropped it in a shallow cup of the stuff, undiluted) Put in vice, light steel brush, dropped back into degreaser bath, and hit with a little non-chlorinated brake cleaner to knock anything off that wasn’t metal, and good as new. You could probably just use the brake cleaner and steel brush. Or just the steel brush. I overdo things... Point is, if you don’t have a torch, you don’t need one! Oh, and great video! Very helpful.
@gizanked2 жыл бұрын
My leaf backpack stihl just started sputtering out like this and now I need to go check the spark arrestor DING. glad you made thus how to!
@WaveAction7776 жыл бұрын
Good to see the blower works just fine now. I just got rid of the mesh altogether & never put it back on a Stihl concrete saw I got real cheap for this particular reason.
@dloman844 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I cleaned the carb and replaced filters and common sense things. I didn't know anything about the spark arrestor. (Spark Arrestor #12) lol
@paultanner20076 жыл бұрын
Oh hell I have been binge watching these videos every since I finished dinner this evening. But what a great channel! Thanks Connor!
@troybecnel826710 ай бұрын
dude you rock. full power now. thanks for sharing
@Iabeerbrewer6 жыл бұрын
Your welcome Connor!! Glad I could help.All your vids have helped ME immensely!!
@stephendavies63753 жыл бұрын
No all heros wear capes! Thanks man. I just used my compressor to blow it out, works great now!
@jcrowgey668 Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Replaced the spark arrester and my blower runs like the day I got it, would not have known to check it without your video.
@shawncody46605 ай бұрын
Your a legend you just saved me a new Blower 2 sec fix and all fixed thank you
@anthonyrandall797 Жыл бұрын
i just fixed my blower, easy peasy. thanks mate
@straightgrain66142 ай бұрын
Worked! Used blow torch to clean and fired right up and revved properly! Thanks!
@shawneakins10 ай бұрын
Thanks dude, that was such an easy fix! What would we do without KZbin! Appreciate you posting this.
@antonreyment98413 жыл бұрын
OMG what a difference. This should be in the handbook of essential life skills, or at least in the manual that came with my blower.
@dathuynh1377 Жыл бұрын
thank you. saves me tons of time. like some in here, i just got rid of the mesh and screwed the 'muffler' back on
@BT-xm4cq6 жыл бұрын
Great tip Connor I have a Echo but its all the same as to burning off the carbon build up. I was having issues with both my blower & weed eater this took care of both. Thanks
@drewsteinmetz71602 жыл бұрын
Saved me a lot of aggravation. Thanks for the video!
@I4FREEDOMАй бұрын
Thanks a lot. Mines a BG 86 Stihl and works perfectly now.
@ryaghi014 жыл бұрын
Your instructional video has been very helpful. never thought of the arrestor.
@neilgalyan61176 жыл бұрын
This was the my favorite video yet. Loved the counter at the bottom. Now I know how to fix my weed eater next time. Thanks!
@franksie2790 Жыл бұрын
Legend saved me money !!
@JBBunno5 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate - just did mine, had no idea about this part, runs like new now
@JonathanGrandt4 жыл бұрын
Look at you mister!!! I’m totally gonna do this.
@chrishardwick10812 жыл бұрын
I can’t like this enough. Thank you!
@dl4065 Жыл бұрын
You're a life saver. This is exactly what was wrong with mine. Thanks!!!!!!
@sebastiansorbello1624 Жыл бұрын
It worked a treat. THANKYOU SOOO MUCH. AWESOME INFORMATIVE VIDEO.
@timothyseidel5279 ай бұрын
Great video, your solution worked an absolute treat, thanks heaps. I havnt read through all the comments so this may have already been suggested, but as I didnt have access to a similar blow torch or oxy acetylene torch at the time, I instead 'borrowed' the wifes butane chefs torch from the kitchen. Turns out this worked completely perfectly. I guess the only catch would be to make sure not to tell the wife.
@seanlehtimaki90565 жыл бұрын
Hey Conner, With all of our two stroke small engines their meant to be used wide open, The more we feather the throttle the more those screens clog... (if you keep it on) it was a common problem at the lawn mower shop I worked at, we tried teaching the customers but they kept bringing em in...lol
@lawnrebel5 жыл бұрын
Ha ha. Good to know this
@andrewdavies5352 Жыл бұрын
More money for you I guess
@ernestmatacotta6880 Жыл бұрын
Worked perfectly. Thank you.
@dontmindthatthere6 жыл бұрын
I'll be right back gotta get my blower and weed wacker out of the trash........
@mkaa053 жыл бұрын
Ya made my day....AS GOOD AS NEW AGAIN!! THANK YOU!!!
@WootGui Жыл бұрын
Worked as suggested! Thank you
@heyvetcor5 жыл бұрын
Had Stihl blower loss of power problem today.. After checking everything else, removed spark arrestor and it ran at full power. I may leave it out. Not that much difference in sound level. Blower is only a couple years old, so kind of surprised it became clogged so quickly. Thanks for the tip!
@binzsdre239811 ай бұрын
Did it still work fine with out the spark aresster for a long time?
@andreag3969 ай бұрын
Thank you your suggestion worked a treat!!
@danc99372 жыл бұрын
Ah legend!! Thank you for this video, very helpful!
@joelhenderson55266 жыл бұрын
Good stuff Conner!
@scottmassie46483 ай бұрын
Thanks, Connor. Works Great.
@johnkast7987 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video! This worked perfectly and exactly as shown.
@justins95322 ай бұрын
A wire brush works pretty well too. I like getting the bulk off with the wire brush then torch the rest off.
@yamteo4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much your trick work superb for my blower. After changing spark plug and air filter it doesn’t work. Did the blow torch on the spark arrestor and it work like new. Thanks again
@lawnrebel4 жыл бұрын
Awesome. So glad that it helped
@jeremiahbrinsko78116 жыл бұрын
That’s actually pretty interesting that’s good to know I could tell my boss that if anything happened like this
@robboston71573 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Mine was doing the same thing, gave the spark arrestor the torch treatment and it’s running like new.
@lawnrebel3 жыл бұрын
So good to hear. I just did this same thing on my gas trimmer
@SwayNotZay9 ай бұрын
You should put a disclaimer for those who remove it entirely. The spark arrestor is there to catch burning pieces that could ( if removed as you suggested ) start a fire.
@mpburbster2 жыл бұрын
Worked for me! Thanks!
@trytryandtryagain522 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Fixed my problem.
@markjahn50373 жыл бұрын
I had a similar problem and checked the spark arrestor and it was clean and it ended up being the gas, after putting fresh gas in it ran better. I use my blower very infrequently and tend to use the premix high octane with ethanol eliminated so that wasn't my original thought but by adding fresh gas it helped.
@phillammi28709 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Thank you!
@Norbert0910816 жыл бұрын
Hi Connor, i told my wife about your flamingos...i ordered 6 pieces Today...you see, you have Fans all over the world...also in Germany
@Two_Buck2 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thanks. I hope this works for my Ryobi which seems to have the same problem.
@SamSon-zj6sw2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your information it helped blower work good 👍 Thanks
@oscalealvisl Жыл бұрын
Great video 👍🏽
@jaimatony3 жыл бұрын
thanks buddy. it works now
@alvega23 жыл бұрын
Thank you, it worked!!
@user-jy9mo7rm2c4 ай бұрын
Thank you....great video....
@JorgeRamirez-wz6gw Жыл бұрын
Thanks my brother I’ll try it won’t blower . Hod bless you
@ponchosan91803 жыл бұрын
Very helpful! Appreciate the video. Thank you!
@outerspaceslandscapellc6 жыл бұрын
im with john fetter about putting the staches on the flamingos.
@adalbertogarcia6803 жыл бұрын
Tanks GOD bless you more it works 💪👷
@SupaStah01 Жыл бұрын
If you dont have the tool, 5/8 (16mm) socket works. My screen was clean. If yours is too when you take it off, youll need a new carborator to fix the bogging down.
@pipinator454 жыл бұрын
Perfect fix. Thanks!
@jessejamesdallas2 жыл бұрын
Next time it clogs-up, cut off that screen on the spark arrestor with a hacksaw or cut-off wheel and be done with it...You will never have to worry about a clogged arrestor again....I cut mine off 2 years ago on my SH56c blower and it's been working like new ever since.
@stewbintn Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I have a 12+ year old BG55 that started running poorly, with no power. I expected a much more involved fix. Burned off the spark arrestor and runs like new!
@jcooper436 жыл бұрын
Dangit! I gave my Echo PB 250 away for parts, and it sounded JUST LIKE THIS!! Btw, Spark Arrestor
@elconconcreting47684 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for that video , just done what you did and worked straight away 👍🏽
@papichulo94993 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much
@tommieaho7616 жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure watching your vids :)
@slavikpidkova54632 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏🏻
@ErsinGokay3 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing sir
@markpemble6513 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Perfect solution for mone
@mikenco3 ай бұрын
I have the next model up, it doesn't have a spark arrestor. I will remove the exhaust and check if it's clogged.
@Framed19806 жыл бұрын
Forgot about that. I chuck all of my 2 stroke arrestors from brand new. The next thing that goes is the trigger pull at the carby. 4 years of commercial use tho.
@bastealth205 жыл бұрын
Thanks man, was about to chuck my stihl in a ditch and call it a day
@stevepeet98416 жыл бұрын
What was that little part called?
@ryeguy016 жыл бұрын
A filter, he said it at the end.
@lawnrebel6 жыл бұрын
Yeah. A filter
@KD0LRG6 жыл бұрын
Spark Arrestor
@mypony8915 жыл бұрын
Lol, thanks for the count on the spark arrestor
@coreyhamilton6485 Жыл бұрын
Amazing 🎉
@andrewdavies5352 Жыл бұрын
So I’ve tried this in the past and it’s worked great up until the last time I did it now I have a problem where the blower will go to max power for a few seconds and then suddenly I get a drop in power Any ideas on how to fix this