Re: Small engine repair guys ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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07/27/21 07:07 PM
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Wolfie , hard to tell from your pic , but it looks like you are showing the bottom of the carburetor in your last pic - round silver thing.
If fuel is leaking there , yup major runability issues. Probably leaking at the bowl gasket and needs carburetor cleaned out.
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Re: Small engine repair guys ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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07/27/21 07:33 PM
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Is the choke coming all the way off? Sputtering and smoke sounds like a choke issue plus the have a bunch of safety switches that can be a pain on the riders. Check the cable and the butterfly plate to see if the cable is moving it.
I’d pull or drain the tank and flush it, flush the lines and clean the carb add a new gas, gas filter, plugs and air filter. Take a wire brush to the flywheel and coils.
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Re: Small engine repair guys ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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If gas is dripping from the carb, the float is stuck or the jet is messed up badly. Either way, just replace the carb. They're usually cheap enough that it's not worth rebuilding. While you're in their, give it a basic tune up...plug, air filter, and fuel filter. It should run like a champ after that
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Re: Small engine repair guys ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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always start with drain all the old gas and put new fresh 91 octane in it , a little seafoam in the gas doesn't hurt either
I prefer startron for storage but I think sea-foam dissolves varnish in the carb better
amazing how much that can fix also not worth putting a new carb on with old bad gas or your back to the problem in a couple days
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Re: Small engine repair guys ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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Might check the air filter as well. Awhile back I mowed most of the yard and then stopped for the day. Mower had run fine with no problems. Got back on it a couple of days later and it didn't hardly want to run at all, and was smoking too. I had had a similar problem in the past when one of the kids pulled one of the spark plug wires off. I check that and they were both still on so I decided to put in new plugs as the mower is several years old and they had never been changed. That didn't really make any difference. I looked at the air filter and it was dirty so I tried blowing it out with air compressor but that didn't seem to help. I tried starting it with no filter and although it wasn't perfect it seemed to run better. So ended up buying a new air filter and put it in and it ran great. Sometimes it's just something simple. I'm not really a mechanic so I often just have to throw stuff at the wall until I get it fixed or give up and take it to a pro.
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Re: Small engine repair guys ?
[Re: Gary Benson]
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.. spray some seafoam on it Maybe a little in the carburetor as well. Nope. read the can. All you need to do is spray in the general direction of the unit with the wind at your six. Miracle in a can they say. Wolfie needs to drain the fuel tank until it is bone dry. I use a shop rag or old cotton T shirt and use it to mop up what doesn't drain out. Change the spark plug (cheap/easy). I would try to tighten the hex bolt at the bottom of the carburetor. If it turns, it may seal up. See if it runs right. Come back to me if it doesn't.
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Re: Small engine repair guys ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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A little seafoam goes a long way with small engines , Ethanol gas is garbage as mentioned above premium gas without ethanol is a must , if your nervous about trying seafoam a little marvels mystery oil will help or even ATF all this modern gas is so dry it's hard on everything but mainly on small engines.
I'd also check the fuel line clamps just to make sure they aren't leaking also .
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