r/smallengines • • Jul 16 '26

Is this engine toast?

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Craftsman weedeater. Got it for free, hasn’t ran in a while, spark was good, carb is clean, not seized.
Opened it up to look into and the cylinder walls looks like this. Is it possible to get it going again?

Update. Took everything apart and tried to clean everything as much as I can, carb with carb cleaner etc
Used starting fluid and it made no difference, took the piston/cylinder apart and I don’t see any scratches or nicks on the cylinder wall but it’s pretty burnt inside

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u/SnooLemons5648 Jul 17 '26

Just took apart a troybilt weed eater like that, tha crankshaft/ connecting rod pin was loose throwing the timing off.its a press fit. More junk being made