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    Cub 1440 Backfires and has oil everywhere

    sorry for not responding for a while, i ordered a genuine carb and put it on and that didn't solve it. turns out, the coils i had gotten were bad and when i put the original ones back on it ran perfectly.
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    Cub 1440 Backfires and has oil everywhere

    I don’t think the oil was higher than it was when I changed it, do you think trying to find a genuine carb would be a good idea
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    Cub 1440 Backfires and has oil everywhere

    i know the timing key is intact because i just took the flywheel off yesterday I drained the oil this morning and it smelled like gas, this is a sign of a blown head gasket, right? I don't think it is a genuine carb as i did buy it off Ebay.
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    Cub 1440 Backfires and has oil everywhere

    at first it wouldn't run and i changed the fuel solenoid and got it running but it was cutting out while i was driving it. then i took it apart and tried to fix it and now it runs much worse. when i put the flywheel back on i used an impact because i don't have a torque wrench.
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    Cub 1440 Backfires and has oil everywhere

    it backfires when trying to add throttle and when at idle it goes between sputtering and running good. like it will struggle and then instantly run good and then go back to stuttering. it also diesels for about 5 seconds after shutting it off and blows fire out of the carb when trying to add...
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    Cub 1440 Backfires and has oil everywhere

    Sorry about that, it’s a Briggs model 294447 type 0445-01
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    Cub 1440 Backfires and has oil everywhere

    Cub cadet runs terrible, it has a new carb, new coils, new alternator, and new starter. any help on how to fix it would be appreciated
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