Piston blocker broke off...

[openspaceman]

2 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

You don’t need both?

That’s the whole point.

I know but it wasn't clear so flagged it

[Mark Bolam]

👍

[Ty Korrigan]

Hello all,

 Well, that was 'fun'...

As suggested by a forum sage, I took the exhaust off and used the airline to push the broken piston blocker towards the port, time and time again until I could winkle it free using a bent chainsaw file (handle end)

I never once lost my temper, just kept winkling away until it came free.

Put the saw back together to find it now won't start...FFS!

What might I have done during my winkling session that has affected the saw so it won't start?

        Stuart

[kram]

Have you knocked the kill switch into the off position?

 

Yes I have done this too.

[adw]

All this air you have been blasting through the engine had probably dried it right out, air filter off and  dribble some oily fuel down the inlet, try again.

[spudulike]

If that doesn't work, WD40/GT85....open the throttle, no choke and get a couple of light squirts down the back of the carb....after removing the air filter.

[Ty Korrigan]

On 25/05/2025 at 18:54, spudulike said:

If that doesn't work, WD40/GT85....open the throttle, no choke and get a couple of light squirts down the back of the carb....after removing the air filter.

 

Who are you with your 15K posts and wot do you know about chainsaws anyway...?

[spudulike]

Kok all me old mucker...15k posts....who would have thought👍