Tank cleaned, new fuel line, filter clean, carb removed cleaned replaced. choke/throtle cable reconnected. single adjustment screw on carb fully seated then backed off half turn. Engine fired on first pull. Problem: engine runs fast, throttle adjust lever has no effect. adjust screw has little effect. Seems to me that govenor spring may be connected wrong? How to proceed? Shouldn't the speed control cable lever be able to reduce rpm significantly?
SOURCE: Engine only runs with choke full on. Dies when off full choke.
Hi Dave, it sounds crazy, but try this. Check your gas cap. It could be clogged, causing a vacuum to occur in the tank, and therefore not allowing the carb. to take on gas. It usually take 10-15 min. for this to occur. The next time you run the mower and it starts to stall out, loosen the gas cap and see if it begins to run again. If it does, then you know that the gas cap is clogged.
Jim
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