Questions & Answers for: Poulan drain carb

carb due to sitting with fuel in tank. Drain tank and back flush line, changing filter if there is one. Inject some compressed air into fuel line from carb.jet screw hole, thus blowing out line toward

carb cleaner. Sam first loosen the bowl screw and let the bad gas out....drain tank and put new gas in if it had ANY gas in it from last season.....this could work...next ,you prob. need to remove and

...also says poulan weed eater. Model # 386191. It does not seem to get enough gasoline. You can try draining the carb and cleaning the main jet first? If the carb is a bowl type also check the float ...

carb has gas by gently loosining the drain bolt on the bottom. Another option is removeing the air filter and dumping a small amount of gas directly into the carb and see if it starts then. If it does

...Drain the gas. Remove the 5 Philips head screws holding the carb on. Underneath the carb will be a rubber diaphragm and gasket (careful; there's a tiny spring under there; don't lose it!). ...

...carb as well. One easy thing you can try, is to drain ALL the gas. Remove the bottom bowl to the carb and clean out the bowl. Clean the bolt that holds the bowl on too. Install a small inline fuel ...

carb. Shut the gas off, or drain the tank, remove the carb bowl. There is a Jet in the stem of the carb where the fuel bowl screw was. you can blow air from a compressor up thru that and clean it out.

carb bowl. Let is sit for several hours and then drain the bowl. This will dissolve any gum that has formed in the carb and will free everything up. I would try this before making any modifications to

...drain gas from carb and tank get some fresh non ethynol gas while carb bowl is off spray/ clean with carb cleaner spray. when you drain gas put it in clear container so you can see if there was water ...

...is fouled. Complete drain (especially the carb bowl) fuel and replace. If still issue, try a fuel system cleaner. If still issue then carb rebuild or replace. Most likely dirty jets in the ...