I recently got an Echo 2 cycle straight shaft weed eater. I'm trying to use this to edge as well. Whenever I rotate the weed-eater where the string is vertical to edge, after a few minutes, it will die on me. After a few minutes of sitting in a normal position, it will start right back up, and the same thing happens.
Does rotating the weed-eater cause it to flood or not distribute the gas/oil mix through the machine? Is this machine not made to work this way?
Thank you all for your input.

I use my Echo SRM-225 in the same way to edge and I've never had that issue.

Mine will stall out if upside down too long. SRM-225.

The fuel pickup line in the tank is probably getting left high and dry when you turn it that way.

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The fuel pickup line in the tank is probably getting left high and dry when you turn it that way.

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Yup... You're likely rotating it the "wrong" way. Try rotating it the other way. If the way you're doing it is most comfortable you, I see two options

• See if you can just put a u-turn in the fuel line inside the tank
• Put a longer fuel line inside the tank to force the pickup to be in that bottom corner.