How to Repair a Weed Eater Blower

Ensure the Weed Eater blower has been turned off. Check the choke dial on the side of the engine if the blower is having issues with sputtering and failing after you ignite the engine. The choke must be used in different ways depending on the conditions. If your blower has not been used recently and the engine is cold, you will need to ensure the choke dial is set to "Full" before you attempt to start the Weed Eater. Turn the dial to "Full" in this scenario.

Crank the Weed Eater blower. It should crank and run on the "Full" dial setting. Once the blower is running and it is not sputtering, move the choke dial back off "Full" down to "Run." Resume normal use of the blower.

Find the spark plug on the left side of the Weed Eater's Briggs & Stratton engine. Ensure the slender, black ignition wire is inserted into the rear of the plug. If it is not, reinsert it into the hole on the spark plug's rear.

Check the existing Weed Eater's blower spark plug. Look along its end for visible white or brown corrosion, and check the white band on the plug's end for any black blotches or speckling. These are indicators that the spark plug has gone bad and requires replacing. Remove the ignition wire from the back of the plug if necessary, then slide it into the rear of a new, replacement spark plug.

Find the small, bowl-shaped carburetor on the left side of the Weed Eater blower's engine. The carburetor may need to be drained if engine sputtering continues even after the choke dial is properly used. Place a dish under the carburetor bowl.

Use a socket wrench to loosen the nut on the carburetor bowl's bottom. Make counterclockwise turns with a socket wrench until the nut loosens and liquid starts to drain out. Allow the liquid to drain out of the bowl fully and into your pan.

Tighten the nut back into the blower's carburetor bowl with clockwise twists from your socket wrench.