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I've got a stihl long reach hedge cutter that I've had since I first started up, after tons of use it's finally died today. 

I did notice it's sounded a bit rattly over the last few weeks however while on full chat there was a bit of a ping then it cut out. When you pull the starter there seems zero compression at all, I've fiddled with it and the only thing I noticed was a few small shards of metal above the piston & cylinder. I've looked allover for where it's come off and can't find it anywhere. Any ideas what went wrong? Worth fixing? 

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2 hours ago, simonm said:

I've got a stihl long reach hedge cutter that I've had since I first started up, after tons of use it's finally died today. 

I did notice it's sounded a bit rattly over the last few weeks however while on full chat there was a bit of a ping then it cut out. When you pull the starter there seems zero compression at all, I've fiddled with it and the only thing I noticed was a few small shards of metal above the piston & cylinder. I've looked allover for where it's come off and can't find it anywhere. Any ideas what went wrong? Worth fixing? 

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Stihl 4 mix engines have a auto decompression system on the cam. You need to look at the valve end of the motor as you may find issues with the valve collet/collets or the drive off the cam. The bottom end should be further looked over to double check on any broken parts . You have a major clean up /check over to do anyhow before you put it back together if it turns out to ..actually..! be worth it.  

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