That is not good. I do not know but I also have that same trimmer.

I bought it at the end of the year and winterized it per the instructions. I just bought a new fuel filter and spark plug since the air filter was clean.

I plan on getting it running this coming week. Mine is still under warrenty and I have a great dealer that has answered all my questions.

I will post on how it goes.

Wish I could have been more help but keep in touch. I like to know what others do when I have the same equipment.

Remove the carb again and disassemble as before, remove the
needle/lever/spring and blow out all of the tiny holes you see on that side, also visually verify that the passage
under the needle to the screen on the other side is clear.
In the throat/barrel there are tiny holes that can be checked with a tiny wisp of wire, if the diaphrams appear
to be real stiff, you should replace them with a carb kit.
Reassemble, and try it again, make sure the fuel line
is not full of cracks or is not soft and mushy, if so, replace.

Fish

Hey Fish. I did like you said and that baby fired right up. I really appreciate the help.

Steve

well i'll tell ya this much,i was lookin for another weedeater and was going to go with what i've always used which is a t230 or t231 shin,but after reading these forums i decided on a echo 210.biggest mistake i ever made,have had it a week and used once on a small hillside with maybe a hours work and had problems with the head and carb in it surging so i took it back to be looked at and so far been 4 days in the shop and three days it was at home.it need another head and carb which they ordered but still its of no use to me and is costing me money from not having its use.next time i'll lision to myself and get what i know works and thats a shindaiwa.got two one is 3 years old and one 4 years old that have never seen the shop and never even needed a spark plug yet and run as new still and i use them at least 4 hours a day 5 days a week and the echo didnt make it one day..lol..spend the extra 100 bucks and get somethign that dont take up shop space..

What we need is more repair men like fish, not so called repair men who don't have a clue that reside at some dealers. When you run across them find a different dealer. A good dealer wouldn't let something out the door that runs like crap, and then you take it back to the same place to get fixed. We all need to use stabil or sea foam in the gas as gas life has gotten worse these last few years. Even when you run it out of gas some will remain in the carb which I think might be worse than a full carb.. Echo 2 stroke engines don't have heads. Steve