orginal position - about ten seconds later - what's wrong? Thanks for your help!
2007-05-13 07:55:00 · 7 answers · asked by new at this 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Very few modern carbs have any adjustments at all. A good carb cleaning should take care of your problem though.
2007-05-13 15:48:12 · answer #1 · answered by Bart S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a "rich lean" adjustment screw on most of those carbs. It has a spring under it . Try giving that a counterclockwise turn, that increases the richness of mixture.
If you have a carb in which the gas tank is mounted lower of the carb, there is a "check valve" arrangement in that carb consisting of a kind of "flapper" that keeps the gasoline from flowing back into the tank once the engine has suctioned it upward to proper level. Those little "flapper check valves" go bad and then the engine acts similarly to what you describe.
If you have a carb in which the gas tank is a gravity feet, ie higher than the carb, then your float is probably stuck in the carb. Those have a sediment bowl, a round bowl about 2 inch in diameter tht houses the float. Sometimes a rap or two on those sediment bowl will free that float and allow gas to properly fill the bowl.
So its going to depend on the type of carb and gas tank arrangement you have on your engine. Either way, gas is not getting to the carb properly.
If you do not want to dismantle the carb, I suggest you go to the Auto store and buy a can of Carb cleaner, the kind you put into gas tank and put some of that into the gas and see if it will free up those sticking or stuck components, sometimes this is much better than taking a screwdriver to the car and disassembling the thing as these are very fussy little gadgets.
This gas additive to clean the carb has worked very well on my garden tractor which has a gravity type carb, float, bowl arrangement and has corrected the sticking problems sucessfully.
2007-05-13 17:12:16 · answer #2 · answered by James M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there is an adjustment needle on the carb make sure it is not turned in (clockwise) all the way. If it is, turn it out (counterclockwise) a turn and half. If it is not turned in all the way, turn it out about a quarter turn and try starting again. Repeat that once in needed.
If that doesn't work, or if there is no adjustment screw,it is time for a carb clean and rebuild.
2007-05-13 18:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The carburetor is dirty. It needs to be removed, taken apart and cleaned.
2007-05-13 16:06:43 · answer #4 · answered by renpen 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ADJUST THE CARBERATOR..OK...OR CHECK YOUR GAS AND GAS TANK ON THE MOWER AND MAKE SURE THERES NO WATER IN IT...AND MAYBE THE GOVERN NEEDS ADJUSTED..CHCEK SPARK-PLUG ALSO..
2007-05-13 15:00:02 · answer #5 · answered by bettym 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just turn it down a little at a time...until it is all the way back...
2007-05-13 15:00:02 · answer #6 · answered by CJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
warm it up longer
2007-05-17 13:33:09 · answer #7 · answered by kramestar 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋