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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Can you confirm whether it is actually getting fuel to the carb? Try starting it with ether/carb cleaner/gasoline directly to the carb?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All the best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Al Fuller<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Scott Hall<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 5, 2020 4:06 PM<br><b>To:</b> Shop-talk@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Shop-talk] M*th%&$#c<ing small engines d*mn again<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Troy Bilt four-stroke backpack leaf blower.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Replaced the carb and plug.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>No change in symptoms: hard start, choke useless, engine bogs on application of throttle.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>That sounds like fuel/air to me. That's the carb. The carb and plug are brand new. The old carb and plug look fine and it's doing the same thing. The carb isn't the problem.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am literally out of ideas. Any idea what to look at next before I just toss it?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks and (*&^*&%&#()_#@&*$&#^&^%.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Scott<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>