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Posted by Srgnt Billko on June 18, 2006, 11:29 pm
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>>A few days ago I asked about a problem of stalling on my lawnmower and I
>>got some helpful responses that pointed to the carb. I checked for gas
>>flow, and it was fine. Dissassembled the carbeurator and saw rust inside
>>on the float hinges and the float bowl. Funny thing ws the float bowl
>>looked dry (no gas). I tried cleaning the rust out of the bowl, but the
>>hinges were impossible to rid of rust. I checked the float and in the
>>down position gas flowed and when raised it stopped, so it looked ok. I
>>reassembeled the float bowl, and checked that gas was flowing out the
>>screw hole at the bottom before tightening. Reassembled the mower and it
>>would still not work.
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>> Where do I go now? What would be the next thing to check? Or is the
>> problem all in the carb?
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>> Thanks.
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> Just went thru the same with my generator when the power went out
> recently. The main jet was plugged. I don't know what your carb looks like
> but the gas needs to get from the bowl into the throat of the carb. The
> holes that make that happen are quite small. Be carefull not to make them
> bigger when you clear them.
If there was rust in the float area that would make me suspect a grain or
two of rust has plugged the jet. Carb cleaner doesn't do much with rust but
the pressure of an aerosol can might dislodge the rust from a jet. An air
compressure ? A couple good blasts might do the job.
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