Hi Pat,here's a owners manual,check your filter and screen to make sure they are clean so air can get to engine.I have a stihl,similar to yours,could be your spark plug,I never had to adjust the carb on mine and I have had many different types,I also have a stihl chainsaw and the other day,I was having issues with the weed eater, wouldn't start,so I cleaned air filter,emptied gas tank,filled back up,our's use 50;1 oil mixture,spark plug looked good but wouldn't start,took plug out of stihl chain saw and it put in weed eater and it started so I took weedeater spark plug put it in chain saw and it started,huh,so I took plug back out of chainsaw,put back in weedeater and it wouldn't start,so I took back out and put in chain saw and it started,now that is a mystery.But the weed eater plug kept getting gas on it before I swapped them out,but both work like new now,so try a new plug,just cause it look's good don't mean it ishttp://www.echo-usa.com/getattachment/7a...Hi Pat,here's a owners manual,check your filter and screen to make sure they are clean so air can get to engine.I have a stihl,similar to yours,could be your spark plug,I never had to adjust the carb on mine and I have had many different types,I also have a stihl chainsaw and the other day,I was having issues with the weed eater, wouldn't start,so I cleaned air filter,emptied gas tank,filled back up,our's use 50;1 oil mixture,spark plug looked good but wouldn't start,took plug out of stihl chain saw and it put in weed eater and it started so I took weedeater spark plug put it in chain saw and it started,huh,so I took plug back out of chainsaw,put back in weedeater and it wouldn't start,so I took back out and put in chain saw and it started,now that is a mystery.But the weed eater plug kept getting gas on it before I swapped them out,but both work like new now,so try a new plug,just cause it look's good don't mean it is.http://www.echo-usa.com/getattachment/7a9c8bf4-13af-42ec-a03f-8b6d78ef2da8/GT-225es_14_022516.pdf
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Hi Pat,here's a owners manual,check your filter and screen to make sure they are clean so air can get to engine.I have a stihl,similar to yours,could be your spark plug,I never had to adjust the carb on mine and I have had many different types,I also have a stihl chainsaw and the other day,I was having issues with the weed eater, wouldn't start,so I cleaned air filter,emptied gas tank,filled back up,our's use 50;1 oil mixture,spark plug looked good but wouldn't start,took plug out of stihl chain saw and it put in weed eater and it started so I took weedeater spark plug put it in chain saw and it started,huh,so I took plug back out of chainsaw,put back in weedeater and it wouldn't start,so I took back out and put in chain saw and it started,now that is a mystery.But the weed eater plug kept getting gas on it before I swapped them out,but both work like new now,so try a new plug,just cause it look's good don't mean it ishttp://www.echo-usa.com/getattachment/7a...