I have a cheapo 10-year-old Murray lawn mower with a 4-stroke B&S engine,
that has never failed to start on the first pull, even after months of
storage. I also have a 2-stroke Ryobi trimmer that is always a pain to
start.
I suspect that any engine that is designed to operate in a fixed position
with gravity fuel feed (e.g. lawn mower) will be easier to start that an
engine that has to run when moved around (e.g. chainsaw), because of the
carb design.
Doug
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Bob Nogueira <Bob@texmog.com> wrote:
> Tonight I was curled up with the Internet looking at lawn edgers trying to
> choose one to buy.
> Based on my good experience with an Echo trimmer and Poulan chainsaw I
> found
> myself limiting my search to only 2 stroke engines. This is countered by
> my
> experience with a Ryobi 4 stroke trimmer that was nothing but trouble.
>
> This got me to thinking back as a kid as to how two stroke engines were
> used
> primarily in outboards, cheap lawn mowers and chain saws, all of which had
> horrible reputations for not starting. (model air plane engines don't
> count
> since the fuel is premixed)
>
> So to my question, have two stroke engines improved that much over the
> years
> or did I just grow up in a town in which no one knew how to properly mix
> oil
> and gas but two stroke owners sure knew how to swear?
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