Hi,
A couple of months ago I inadvertantly ran my 8 year old Victa Tornado with fouled fuel in it for about an hour, which pretty much killed it. A friend of mine offered to take a look at it, and he replaced the fuel filter, air filter, carby, and spark plugs. Got it back a couple of weeks ago and it started up straight away and seemed to run fine.
However, I shut it off after running for about 1/2 an hour to get a drink, and I came back downstairs, and the motor was smoking and it had melted some of the plastic at the top. There did not appear to be any debris around it or anything that was on fire. I left it an hour and tried starting it again, and it wouldn't start, and the pull was very hard, and I could see the flywheel was kind of seizing a little as I pulled it. Since then I've given the starter a pull, and it seems to pull okay, but I am reluctant to run it until I can work out this over heating issue. I'd ask my friend but he's gone on holiday, and I'd like to get it sorted as my lawns only had a line trimmer going over it for the past 2 months now and is looking a little sorry.
Thanks
