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    j4beefsteakz Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Aug 16, 2007, 11:12 AM
    HOMELITE weedeater locked up
    Anyone Please Help!! Needed to trim yard but could not find my oil,just moved.I thought it would make a quick cut job easy & fast,WRONG!! How stupid of me to run it without the oil ,but I could not take the nagging about get it over with! Now the grass is twice as tall.Can this be fixed?:oPLEASE HELP THANK YOU!
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    Aug 16, 2007, 05:42 PM
    Usually a lock-up means the motor is burnt. You may be SOL, and have to by another weed-eater.

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    Aug 17, 2007, 05:01 PM
    Not necessarily ruined beyond running, but none the less, you have probably done damages that you will not repair due to cost vs. worth. Try this, remove the spark plug, and put penetrating oil directly into the spark plug hole. Let it set for awhile, then try and pull the rope. If it moves, relube and continue pulling rope to lube it (the cylinder and piston , and rings... ), then reinstall the spark plug and attempt to start the engine, it will smoke a lot at first, but it may free up and get you through the season, after all this is August.
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