Husqvarna Essential Guide to 225L Carburetor Maintenance and Adjustment

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MAINTENANCE

Carburetor

Your Husqvarna product has been designed and manufactured to specifications that reduce harmful emissions.

After your unit has been run 8-10 tanks of fuel the engine has broken in. To ensure that your unit is at peak performance and producing the least amount of harmful emissions after break in, have your authorized servicing dealer, who has a revolution counter at his disposal, to adjust your carburetor for optimum operating conditions.

!WARNING!

The complete clutch cover with shaft must be fitted before the machine is started, otherwise the clutch can become loose and cause personal injury.

Operation

• The carburetor governs the engine‘s speed via the throttle. Air/fuel is mixed in the carburetor. The air/fuel mixture is adjustable. To take advantage of the engine‘s optimal output the adjustment must be correct.

The setting of the carburetor means that the

engine is adapted to local conditions, for example, the climate, altitude, gasoline and the type of 2-stroke oil.

The carburetor is equipped with three adjustment possibilities:

L = Low speed needle

H = High speed needle

T = Idle speed adjuster

screw

The fuel quantity in relation to the air flow permitted by the throttle opening is adjusted using the L and H-needles. Turning the needles clockwise gives a leaner fuel mixture (less fuel) and turning them anti-clockwise gives a richer fuel mixture (more fuel). A leaner mixture gives high revs while a richer mixture give less revs.

The T-screw regulates the position of the throttle while the engine is idling. Turning the screw clockwise gives a higher idling speed while turning it anti-clockwise gives a lower idling speed.

Basic setting

The carburetor is set to its basic setting when test run at the factory. The basic setting should be kept during the machine‘s first working hours. Thereafter the carburetor should be finely adjusted. Fine adjustment should be carried out by a skilled technician.

NOTE! If the cutting attachment rotates/moves while the engine is idling the T-screw should be turned anti-clockwise until the cutting attachment stops.

Rec. idling speed 2 700 rpm.

Recommended max. speed: See ”Technical Data”.

!WARNING!

If the idling speed cannot be adjusted so that the cutting attachment stops, contact your service workshop. Do not use the machine until it has been correctly adjusted or repaired.

Fine adjustment

When the machine has been ”run-in” the carburetor should be finely adjusted. The fine adjustment should be carried out by qualified person. First adjust the L-jet, then the idling screw T and then the H-jet.

Conditions

Before any adjustments are made the airfilter should be clean and the airfilter cover fitted. Adjusting the carburetor while a dirty airfilter is in use will result in a leaner mixture when the filter is finally cleaned. This can give rise to serious engine damage.

Carefully turn the L and H needle to the mid point between fully turned in and fully turned out..

Do not attempt to adjust the needles beyond the stops as damage can occur.

Now start the machine according to the starting instructions and run it warm for 10 minutes.

NOTE! If the cutting attachment rotates/moves the T screw should be turned anti-clockwise until the cutting attachment stops.

Low speed needle L

 

Try to find the highest idling

 

speed, turning the low speed

 

needle L clockwise

 

respectively counter-

 

clockwise. When the highest

 

speed has been found, turn

 

the low speed needle L 1/4

+ 1/4

turn counter-clockwise.

 

NOTE! If the cutting

 

attachment rotates/moves in

 

the idling position, turn the

 

idling speed screw T

 

counter-clockwise until the

L

cutting attachment stops.

 

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Contents 225L/LD 227L/LD 232L 240L 101 89Symbols Symbol ExplanationMax 10000 rpm Contents Machine‘s safety equipment Safety InstructionsPersonal protective equipment Vibration damping system MufflerCutting Equipment Locking nutMaintenance Cutting equipment Trimmer headGeneral safety instructions Fuel safetyStart Transport and storageBasic safety precautions Grass trimming using the trimmer headGeneral working instructions Basic working techniquesTrimming ClearingSweeping What is WHAT? What is what on the trimmer?Assembly Assembly of the trimmer headAssembling Assembling other guards and cutting equipmentDismantling Fuel mixture Fuel HandlingFuelling Control before starting Start and StopStart and stop Maintenance CarburetorCorrectly adjusted carburetor Final setting of the idling speed THigh speed needle Cleaning the air filter MufflerCooling system Air filterMaintenance schedule Spark plugAngle gear Two-part shaftTechnical Data Technical data 225L/LD 227L/LD 232LTechnical data 240L «*2¤5m¬ English 1998W51