Post #286,665
6/10/07 8:21:34 PM
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Soooooo, Bman...
Update on my power washer situation. I changed the oil, put in a new air filter and changed the spark plug. Still wouldnt start. No smell of gas at all when I repeatedly tried to start it. Figured the fuel line might be clogged. Disconnected the hose, blew it through both ends. Got the engine to start, but it died right away. Repeatedly. Okay. Went to the hardware store, got a can of ether, blew that into the carburetor. Didnt help. I think it is gunked up. I'm stuck. So NOW and ONLY NOW will I take to the repair shop. Put that in your testosterone filled pipe and smoke it.
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Post #286,675
6/10/07 9:56:40 PM
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hehehe she said blow
did you check to see if there was spark?
thanx,
bill
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Post #286,680
6/10/07 10:24:27 PM
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Had to be
It started then died.
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Post #286,701
6/11/07 6:10:11 AM
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I think that has more to do
With the old, faulty, broken, worn out equipment rather than the technique.
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Post #286,707
6/11/07 6:42:53 AM
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Puller or Pullee?
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Post #286,724
6/11/07 8:53:13 AM
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poor spark can do the same
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Post #286,705
6/11/07 6:31:43 AM
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Yep. There was a spark
There is always a spark.
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Post #286,679
6/10/07 10:06:23 PM
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/me thinks your carb needs cleaning.
Every spring the people north and south of me cannot get their lawn mowers running.
I add a heavy dose of "fuel system cleaner" into the gas tank and then spray ether down the fuel tube and hook it back up to the tank.
Within a few moments of running with the choke ON all is well. Except it isn't enough to keep it running 'til next spring.
It needs to have the entire carb cleaned, gasket and diaphragm replaced.
Mainly because it runs and dies. I bet it is "lean".
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Post #286,703
6/11/07 6:26:51 AM
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Well ,yes
Which is why I am taking it to the shop. I have no idea how to do what you just said. Anyway, I ended up scrubbing the deck, patio furniture and siding by hand, so the urgency to get the stupid machine running has passed.
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Post #286,787
6/11/07 5:32:56 PM
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Stabil\ufffdworks..
Fuel stabilizer which (for an unknown period, but certainly more than a year) actually Does what it claims. Use it in my bike; that's how I Know it works - repeatedly over years.
OTOH - most of the hand-sized buzz gadgets - 2-strokes, natch - simply advise that you run it out of gas, with each use. What's so hard about that? (Yeah, overestimating - you could then drain tank, fire it back up to run out carb == still beats fiddling, dismantling for no good reason: when you didn't do this.)
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Post #286,797
6/11/07 6:39:42 PM
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I saw that at the Hardware store
I'll pick some up the next time I'm there.
Thanks.
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Post #286,805
6/11/07 8:16:48 PM
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It does work
I use it for cars when I store them.
But most Azy Muricans can't be arsed.
It is amazing that I only have to pull a couple of times vs one time at the beginning of the season(s).
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Post #286,812
6/11/07 9:43:59 PM
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Mower tricks.
When I was growing up, I noted that when he finished mowing, Dad always closed the stop-cock on the fuel line and let the mower use up all the fuel in the carbeurettor. So when I acquired a mower of my own a little while back, I did the same. Always started fine the next time I went to use it. The only time it had trouble was after the one time my father-in-law used it. He *didn't* empty the carby. :-O
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