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Re: [Shop-talk] M*th%&$#c<ing small engines d*mn again

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] M*th%&$#c<ing small engines d*mn again
From: Tom Coradeschi <tjcora@icloud.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 20:40:05 -0400
Delivered-to: mharc@autox.team.net
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References: <CAK73_u6PjZiB2gJGH8vJzO=SNVKRJwR0z_A9X57=hv_CbOhqgw@mail.gmail.com> <01df01d66b66$4a31eb30$de95c190$@gmail.com> <CAK73_u6uUuNTGOX+Ds_mpJNg7TcU2oUeUxsxbF=Bd4EP8Kp-ZA@mail.gmail.com>
I had a leaf blower stop running a few years back due to a bad ignition coil. 
Have you verified youâ??ve got spark? I donâ??t see that specifically mentioned 
(yes, you did mention the spark plug)

â??
Tom Coradeschi
tjcora@icloud.com


> On 05 Aug 2020, at 5:09 PM, Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The carb is getting fuel. I can see it in the fuel lines and it pumps using 
> the primer bulb. 
> 
> The symptoms are identical with the old and new carb. I can't see the end of 
> the fuel line but the only remaining fuel issue could be that the new fuel 
> filter (a pumice stone-like thing on the end of the fuel line) could be 
> restrictive. Working against that theory is that it did the same thing with 
> the old fuel filter. 
> 
> I don't think the problem is the fuel system. The problem is...what's left? I 
> swapped the spark plug just to do it. 
> 
> It's a four-cycle engine. Might the valves (like the intake and exhaust 
> valves in the head) come out of adjustment? This condition has been 
> developing over more than a year...perhaps the valves are slowly coming out 
> of adjustment?
> 
> I don't know what conditions un-adjusted valves cause. I can't think of what 
> else it could be.
> 
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 3:23 PM <alfuller194@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you confirm whether it is actually getting fuel to the carb? Try starting 
> it with ether/carb cleaner/gasoline directly to the carb?
> 
>  
> 
> ----------------
> 
> All the best,
> 
>  
> 
> Al Fuller
> 
>  
> 
> From: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Scott Hall
> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 4:06 PM
> To: Shop-talk@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shop-talk] M*th%&$#c<ing small engines d*mn again
> 
>  
> 
> Troy Bilt four-stroke backpack leaf blower.
> 
>  
> 
> Replaced the carb and plug.
> 
>  
> 
> No change in symptoms: hard start, choke useless, engine bogs on application 
> of throttle.
> 
>  
> 
> That sounds like fuel/air to me. That's the carb. The carb and plug are brand 
> new. The old carb and plug look fine and it's doing the same thing. The carb 
> isn't the problem.
> 
>  
> 
> I am literally out of ideas. Any idea what to look at next before I just toss 
> it?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks and (*&^*&%&#()_#@&*$&#^&^%.
> 
>  
> 
> Scott
> 
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