Was a few weeks ago my weed eater stopped running..I took off the primmer ball to see why I wasn't getting any gas into the carb,. So I took off the gas cap only to find the hose was disconnected from the lead hose that holds the filter...I noticed that the rubber hose was rotting away...So I replaced the hose and it still won't stay running...I took the filter off to see if it may have gotten clogged up..But It still will not stay running...Does anyone have any idea what would keep it from running....If I switch the choke lever from full choke to half choke I can keep it running for a short time...But if I let off the choke..it stops .............:wall:

Hi. New to your forum, and need some direction. I have an Echo SRM 260 weed eater. I let it sit for about 10 weeks this summer with gas / oil mix in it. Went out to fire it up today, and it starts, but will not accelerate. With the choke full on, i can hold throttle wide open, and it does not rise in RPM. If I switch choke to off, weed eater will idle for a bit and die. If I attempt to increase the throttle with the choke off, it dies right out. I dumped out the old fuel mixture and went and bought fresh gas / oil mix. No change. Removed air cleaner and sprayed carb cleaner into air intake. No change. Removed carb, sprayed everything I could image with carb cleaner. Put it back on, no change. Did it all over again. Removed muffler, attempted to start, same behavior. Will start and idle, will not accelerate. Put it back together and joined your forum. Any ideas? And I thank you in advance for any guidance.