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

[Scott Hall]

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 at 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?
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> All the best,
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> Al Fuller
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> *From:* Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Scott
> Hall
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 5, 2020 4:06 PM
> *To:* Shop-talk at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* [Shop-talk] M*th%&$#c<ing small engines d*mn again
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> Troy Bilt four-stroke backpack leaf blower.
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> Replaced the carb and plug.
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> No change in symptoms: hard start, choke useless, engine bogs on
> application of throttle.
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> That sounds like fuel/air to me. That's the carb. The carb and plug are
> brand new. The old carb and plug look fine and it's doing the same thing.
> The carb isn't the problem.
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> I am literally out of ideas. Any idea what to look at next before I just
> toss it?
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> Thanks and (*&^*&%&#()_#@&*$&#^&^%.
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> Scott
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