Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

My buddy has an echo pb210e blower. it was running great and then just died. he put on a brand new carb this spring and it was running top notch then in the middle of blowing it just died. . he asked me to check it out for him so i said ok. it is getting pleanty of gas. the spark is a blue small spark. i figured it was electronic so i started to take it apart looking for the culprit. i found it has a coil and a cdi module. the module is $93 and the coil is $63 i told my buddy and he said to keep it or junk it as he is going to purchase a new one. any tips on how to tell which one might be bad ? its not worth replacing both parts but if i can figure which one is bad it might be worth repairing. also any tips on where i can get the parts cheaper ? thanks

      I don't believe that coils will "never fail",   I sold roughly 125 echo   pb-210 and the Pb-210e  a year for about 8 years qas a dealer..  (They were the most loved item by theives,  and if you ran them over with a truck they were done)....   I can not remember EVER having a warranty with a Echo pb-210 coil.  I have seen chafe the wire to the kill switch and ground out the coil, or break the inside guts of the switch to do the same... 

  I had maybe 10 to 15 echo's (blowers) in the shop at a time for repair in the shop,   I only kept one coil in stock for repair,  and only a used  for trouble shooting.   I would change coils for mech damage only, ie.. dog ate of spark plug wire,  dropped unit and coil is cracked...

I am just saying it is rare....be VERY VERY suspect if someone trys to sell you a coil for a problem..

Good Luck,

Friiy