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Mcculoch hedge trimmer - col72
Mcculoch hedge trimmer wont start sometimes tries
Mcculoch hedge trimmer - Manatee

Air filter bunged up?

Are you using fresh petrol to the right mix - mine is 25:1 I think but it usually says on the cap?

Is it old? Look in the fuel tank and see if the pick up tube has fallen apart.

Mcculoch hedge trimmer - col72
40:1 new pipes clean air filter
Mcculoch hedge trimmer - focussed

Make sure air filter is clear and clean. Buy a can of carb cleaner, remove air filter. Open choke and open throttle. Give a 2 second squirt of the carb cleaner into the mouth of the carb. Hold throttle open and start it.

Standard procedure for starting small two-strokes that have been in the shed all winter and are reluctant to start.

Brake cleaner works quite well if you can't find carb cleaner.

Mcculoch hedge trimmer - AlexT

Maybe open spark plug and clean/replace? We have a grass cutter, works with petrol, changed spark plugs and now it works.