[jacmac]

I was using my $200.00 weedwacker today and it suddenly stopped. Tool is about 2 years old. I tried to pull rope to get it restarted and rope will not move. Is my engine seized?

[Stratmando]

Do you mix oil with the gas?

[ballengerb1]

Remove the spark plug and tell us if you can pull the rope. Look into the hole with a flashlight, tell us what you see. I hope Stratmando is wrong going down this road. It will get expensive if he is on the right track.

[jacmac]

Yes I mix oil with gas, in fact I may have put too much oil in. Can too much oil ruin my engine? I will take out spark plug and look at it today. Thanks

[ballengerb1]

Oil much oil can cause it to not start but it should not cause it to seize like you described. Tell us what you found when you pulled the plug.

[KISS]

Lots of dirt on the cooling fins will cause this from lack of cooling.

[jacmac]

I took the plug out. It is black/grey. Peeked inside and that is black/grey also. Looks burned up to me.

[Stratmando]

See If you can pull the side cover and see if it can turn by the bolt on the end of the shaft.
Many 2 strokes LOOK like they are burned up.

[jacmac]

I am not sure what you mean I should do.

[ballengerb1]

This engine may be shot so lets try some unorthadox approaches. Pull the plug and spray a heavy dose of WD 40 or liquid wrench into the combustion chamber, soak for a while and then try to pull the rope.

[Stratmando]

I was saying, if somehow you could try turning engine over, other than with a rope to determine if pull assembly is jammed and at fault and hopefully not the engine.