How to Maintain a Brushcutter Engine?

As you know, careful maintenance and thorough cleaning are critical to ensuring the efficient operation and durability of garden tools, including brush cutters. Brush cutter maintenance involves regular small work before or after using the machine, after a certain number of working hours, and before winter storage. If you have a gasoline engine brush cutter, please pay full attention to engine maintenance.

Your attention to your brush cutter will pay off in the long run, helping to keep the machine running at peak efficiency, ensuring a longer lifespan, catching any failures early, and avoiding annoying failures. In this article, we'll explain how to maintain a gasoline engine brush cutter, especially its engine.

Cleaning is an important part of brush cutter routine maintenance: don't put it off until next time! Instead, take a few minutes at the end of each work session to service your machine. This is also an opportunity to inspect the brush cutter and look out for broken, leaking, and worn parts.

Remove grass, dust, and mud from the brush cutter body.

Remove dirt from the vents on the engine cowling.

Check the starter cord: it is intact.

Fuel tank: Is there a leak? Remember to wipe up any spilled fuel after refueling.

Keep the cutting attachment clean and inspect the guard stone for damage.

If you're using them instead of trim lines, check the sharpness of the blade or disc.

Make sure the brush cutter nuts, bolts, and screws are tight, including the nuts securing the blade or disc housing.

These guidelines apply to routine maintenance of all types of gasoline engine brush cutters: from light to medium power models and professional brush cutters. Not only can these brush cutters mow over large areas of uneven ground for extended periods of time, but they can also cut through challenging vegetation, including tall, tough grasses, undergrowth, and shrubs.

Before performing maintenance on your brush cutter, make sure the engine and muffler are cool, remove the boots from the spark plugs, and wear utility or chain-resistant gloves to protect your hands, especially when handling brush cutter blades or discs time.

Now let's move on to maintaining your gasoline brush cutter. Here's what to do with your two-stroke engine.

Clean air filter: After every 8-10 hours of mowing, simply remove it and tap lightly on hard surfaces. If that's not enough, brush it or use compressed air to gently blow outward from the back of the filter. If the filter is damaged or soiled with fuel, replace it at least once a year or every 100 hours of operation.

Remove the fuel filter from the tank once a month and replace it if damaged. We recommend replacing it annually or every 100 hours.

Use a brush or compressed air to clean the engine cylinder fins once a month.

Clean the spark plug with a cloth and check the gap between the electrodes. Replace if necessary, otherwise at least annually: carefully follow the information in the brush cutter user and maintenance manual for spare parts specifications.

Another important task in maintaining your brush cutter is to check the grease level in the bevel drive and top up if needed. The bevel drive is the element that turns the brush cutter cutting attachment through gears. After every 30 hours of operation, all you need to do is remove the screw on the end of the brush cutter shaft and squeeze no more than 10 grams of molybdenum disulfide grease directly from the tube.

When you stop mowing during the cooler months, or when your brush cutter will not be used for an extended period of time, take a moment to prepare for storage.

Empty and clean the brush cutter's two-stroke engine tank: This should be done outside or in a well-ventilated area.

Drain any mixture from the carburetor: To do this, start the brush cutter and let the engine run until it shuts itself off.

Perform all of the above maintenance tasks on the brush cutter engine's air filter, fuel filter, cylinder fins, and spark plugs.

Thoroughly clean the brush cutter, including the air intake on the hood.

Lubricate the metal parts to keep them working efficiently and don't forget the bevel drive.

Remove the disc (or blade), clean, and oil it to prevent rust.

Store the brush cutter in a dry and sheltered environment. Do not place it directly on the ground, keep it away from heat sources, and cover it with a tarp if possible.

The above describes the steps of how to maintain the brush cutter engine in detail. If you want to buy a brush cutter engine or other spare parts, please contact us.

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