Fixing An Echo Trimmer SRM 230 That Won't Start 

Another great video. I have repaired a blue million lawn mowers yet have always turned down 2 cycle hand held repairs. With a watchful eye on this channel , I am happy to say that has changed. I'm on #8 repair and truly enjoying it. Thank you for the knowledge and also the satire .

Another excellent informative week of content. Great job and thank you!

bro ur kind of an inspiration. what kinda $$$ do you make from youtube? you are one of the top small engine youtubers.

Great Video! To save on OEM costs, I cleaned my carb with a jewelry cleaner, replaced gaskets with Amazon aftermarket carb kit ($11). A $75 pawn shop Srm-230 (with original OEM carb)now Runs like brand new!!!! Thanks to that video and this one we are DIY pros. Your work is much appreciated!!!

Good job you got it running

Just pulled my JD LX277 twin cylinder mower in to replace some bearings on the mower deck, put a new belt on it and the engine had been surging so I took the carb off to clean it. Someone was in the carb before and stripped the threads that the main jet screws into on the carb and I couldn't get the emulsion tube out, cleaned the carb put it back on and it wouldn't draw gas up into the carb, the bowl was full, not leaking but it wouldn't start. Got a new OEM Carb from my dealer, put it on and the engine fired right up with no surging. But it didn't sound right and the engine died when I engaged the mower. Naturally I assumed that I had done something wrong on the mower deck and wasted a bunch of time making sure that was all good to go. It ended up being that one of the coils died while I was doing the other repairs and it was only running on one cylinder, replaced both coils and kept the good old coil as a spare. Now the mower runs like a champ.

Nice work getting this echo sorted out, wish they left the echo the way it was instead of the mismatch plastic on it

I am with you 100% on this one

Glad that turned out good thank you for the video

I love the sound of those Echo engines.

To answer your question I would have to say yes BUT only if it's absolutely necessary. Let me explain. So yes I have had to put on " a ton of parts" to get a machine to run. Again with BUT, only after I have verified that that course of action is the correct action. I am fortunate to have been in this hobby for quite some time and generally see many of the most popular machines that are on the market. Because of that I generally have a hoard of parts from other machine that could not be saved. I will keep the salvaged parts in a box and pull them out to verify a suspicious problem. If it solves the problem, then I will order a replacement and keep my salvaged part for whenever I may need it next. You might ask how or what qualifies as a good salvaged part. For instance: a guy is on a roof with a very expensive cut saw. $1200 or more. He leaves it running, gets distracted, and the next thing you know that saw just took a 20 ft tumble and landed on its head. Now the saw comes to me and during diagnosis the springs that are directly connected to engine have broken the crankcase cover. The point being it will cost too much to fix but the parts available now is crazy. Stay with me just a little longer. The carb is good. We know that because it was running when it hit the ground. The coil is good for the same reason. Fuel lines,gas caps,air filters screws,bolts nuts and so on. On the downside of that, I have a ton of parts laying around collecting dust that I may never use or need. I also have a ton of tools that I may never use But if I do need them, I have them. Also, I too have had some head scratches and those are usually what I make videos about. Lol. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos. They make us all better "wrenchers". 👍

Fixed SRM230 Echo…… found in the landfill…is all Grey plastic not Orange..… Cleaned it up and replaced the Carburetor… installed new Head.. works perfectly..

Good fix my friend.

Good fix. I have usually got a free loaner when I need to pull flywheels.

Yes,it was like a Stihl hedge trimmer that I rebuilt for a nursing home that my auntie & my father worked for. It had a blown ignition coil so I ordered a new aftermarket coil & it still didn't even attempt to fire over so I checked the engines compression which was 75 PSI so I replaced the piston rings which didn't change the compression & the engine istill didn't start. So I ordered a new cylinder kit for it which raised the compression up to 105 PSI & the engine still didn't start so I replaced the carburettor but it still didn't start,I then scoured the world for the exact OEM ignition coil by referring to the serial number on the machine, there was 2 different ignition coils available so I ordered the correct one for the machine from an eBay seller whose located in Ohio in the U.S., fitted it & the engine started instantly. It did come back because the engine kept bogging down & I found out that the main jet in the aftermarket carburettor was loctited into position & the fuel ate it away so the carburettor was leaking fuel so I learned never to buy lawn equipment parts off a Muscat,the sort whose in fact my dads neighbours son,that one was an eBay seller whose located at Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. So I ordered a $30 AUD aftermarket carburettor from a very local seller on eBay whose only located an hours drive on the central coast of New South Wales because I couldn't wait for a $16 AUD to come over from China & which I haven't had a problem with but the one I ordered from the Melbourne seller was junk,the engines compression retested at 120 PSI so the rings had broken in The Hedge trimmer has been going for about a decade now since that ordeal,all of the latest that I replaced needed replacing, the engine may have ran at 75; PSI but probably not too well !

I've always had to buy something for anything I got to keep, but not much. Maybe a plug, belt air filter or maybe a carb kit and most likely an oil change but nothing out of the way that wasn't included in regular maintenance. I started both blowers yesterday the 1st time in either 1 1/2 or 2 years. The Echo fired on the 2nd pull and ran on the 3rd and the Stihl fired on the 4th, faded out once and then ran. I'll drain the gas and put in fresh. Tru-fuel strikes again. They both sat untouched for that long but they'll go now. Charger is on the opposed and I'll fire it soon but I need to get the pressure washer plumbed for the tank drain and get it ready to go. The wife is in a cleaning mode. Happy weekend and Blessings

great.thanks bud. much appreciated

well from my view it was a bent shaft version of a Echo GT-22GES but yeah totally worth it as the engine was very healthy and it had some parts in need of replacing from the pipe assembly which is also known as the drive shaft and the air filter cover and the carburetor aka carby and from memory the clutch fan assembly and that,s pretty much it to my mind but yeah totally worth the investment here in Australia.

Great video 🙏👍🙏👍

I have an es210 echo that l bought used and totally rebuilt it. Seals gaskets everything. About a year later the cylinder started losing its plating. New OEM cylinder and piston and all is well with it, except it only has 60ish psi. (Feels like the spark plug is out when trying to start it) But it runs well, and l use it regularly. I only buy OEM parts for echos. I need my equipment to last when l am using it for jobs, and don't want to have to constantly work on it because l went with cheap parts. I have had to replace cheap parts with oe parts before and I don't want to play Russian roulette.

I used to go aeound picking up mowers from the garbage and usually got them running again with a carburetor cleaning

To answer your question about new carburetors from Echo, I replaced one on an Echo trimmer. The carburetor came with the adjustment plugs out of the carburetor, they came in a sealed plastic bag. The trimmer ran fine with the new carburetor, so I just installed the plugs without any adjustments.

Thanks for the video, question Echo SRM 230 will start only if sprayed with carb. cleaner..what may something for me to check. Again, thanks and God Bless

A new coil does not mean a working coil. Always always always test the new parts. I've had brand new parts for my car, faulty before I even installed them. Aftermarket ignition coils are a huge problem in automotive honestly.. Yesh, just because new, doesn't mean good 😊

Someone really went through A LOT of trouble to get this thing together. That gray shroud was either from a 210 or a 260 most likely (I thought the 260 was too large to fit a 230, but could be wrong). If a 210, they would have had to swap out the drum to be a 230 drum - which looks like they may have bc they left one of the snap rings out in the front. I've done some swapping before, but even this was a bit of a stretch for the effort in my view.

I would only spend the money if the trimmer was in great shape since that one is old and probably won’t last too many years getting a cheap aftermarket carb is the better option if the trimmer was newer and nicer then spending the money on a nice factory carb would be good I think you made a good choice considering that’s an old trimmer and probably won’t last too much longer

It was funny at the end how the fuel cap started spinning off

I have a Stihl that will idle, but dies upon throttle. I have run new fuel through for the new season thinking that the diaphragms just needed to work in. Suggestions on reconditioning diaphragms or a possible problem i could look at in this? Thank you.

Does anything happen if I empty my whipper snippers and leaf blower petrol until they run out completely, after each use? Like I drain all of the fuel out and run them until they die. Is this even necessary considering I would use it like after 3 weeks?

I didn't see where you adjusted the low speed mixture.

Ive got a weed eater that runs good on low speed but bogs down to stop when i squeeze the throttle near max any ideas as to what i could do to fix it?

Hey bro what's up? Cool repair. I was wondering how much money did you spend to get this piece of equipment back running again?

I have a husqvarna 128ld that is a pain to start and after it starts and dies the n Im pretty sure it flood because the only way I can start it is with full throttle and then after that it will start with half choke and only run on half choke

my dad and i were working on a ps2 that my cousin gave me and it didnt turn out very well. we could not get it to work at all.

Toro lawn mower new wheels blade belt and drive cable saved from the landfill

the old coil is the original

Don’t echo give a 5 year warranty on coils parts and labor, or after 5 years replace the coil and only charge labor.😊😊

Fixing some one else's repair job 😮

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I really don't like how finicky these 2 cycle carburetors are even if you rebuild them. they're so simple but they can just fail for no reason.

Ain’t got no gas in it…ummmm huh

If it was my trimmer I'd put the money into it hey its a Echo and now its new again !!!

Not much of a mechanic if you can't clean a carburetor.