MDH33
Hard Core 4+
I checked my carb and the gas is real high on the sight glass right after it dies FWIW.
Same with mine. Carb comes off tonight and rebuild begins.
I checked my carb and the gas is real high on the sight glass right after it dies FWIW.
There's no quicker or easier way that I am aware of.Is there a way to tell if I have a valve issue without running a compression test?
In order to get to the idle circuit to clean it out, does the whole carb have to come off/apart? At that point though I might as well send it to Jim C or Mark A and have them rejet for altitude and tune it...$$$
Well that didn't get me completely out of the woods, though it seemed to help.
But - !
Tonight it was all rainy so I couldn't do my painting project I'm trying to work on, so I helped my dad with the tractor, replaced the headlight in the red truck that was burnt out, and thought to myself - what next? And then I had a bright idea - I decided I would tear into the carb and see if there was anything obvious. So I did - and there was (I hope). The bowl had a bunch of gookies (technical term) in the bottom, which I think would explain how/why this is somewhat intermittent and why it always starts right back up after it quits. Too early to tell, and I just cleaned that out and buttoned it back up, but I went for a drive and made about 10 stops after getting the engine above 2500 rpm or so and it didn't quit or sputter even once, just idled nicely once I slowed down to the point where I could hear the engine again
So like Martin it appears that even a simple carb cleaning might have been all the doctor ordered. But again we'll see, I'll drive it around tomorrow and just hold my breath.