Hi Grumpy, thanks for your reply.
I had been following the instructions on the sticker as follows;
-switch on
-choke in full choke position
-pull a few times until the engine sounds like it wants to start
-move knob to partial choke
-a few more pulls (sometimes it started here, but with a quite a bit of effort)
_then I was supposed to let it warm up for about 10 seconds before moving the knob to the run position but did not have the chance as it stalled before that.
There was smoke on start up and came up very noisy. Not sure if stalling was due to me relieving the throttle trigger a bit or to do with the fuel leak issue.
Other thing i noticed is the rope getting too hard to pull sometimes and sometimes it would be too lose as if something came undone inside. After a few pulls it was back to normal.
Most fuel seems to be dripping at or from the exhaust but I guess it could be the carb which sits directly on top. I took the plastic cover off to observe the carb when I pulled the rope, and that is when I saw fuel being ejected. yes the choke was on as recommended in the instructions.
I will follow your advise and give it another go today.
Last edited by Jonez; 13/01/14 09:02 PM. Reason: paragraph spacing
