Recent content by Pauljp

I am not sure where you live but FYI, you can not purchase service manuals from Honda in Canada. You have to purchase them in the States, which means higher shipping, exchange rates, duty...

I take my push mower out of the shed, mow my small front and back lawn and put it back into the shed. Maybe 30-40 minutes. My new Honda HRN216PKCA operators manual tells me to shut off the fuel valve every time I am finished mowing. My previous 30 year old mower didn't have a shutoff valve and I...

You can check if it is caused by engine compression by removing the spark plug and then trying the pull cord.

Exactly what @ironv said. Carb cleaner is always good to have on hand. Make sure to use all the safety measures to protect yourself. Since we know fuel is easily getting into the carb bowl the next thing to do is clean the main jet. Shut off the fuel valve. Drain and remove the bowl. Put a line...

Excellent. This tells us the carburetor is clogged and the motor is not getting fuel. We are almost there. If you want to go a bit further you can clean the carb and you will be happily cutting grass again. Unfortunately the carb is very close to the mower deck thus making it difficult to work...

Did you solve the problem?

Are you sure there is supposed to be a small gap on a closed butterfly valve? Here is someone else's picture of the carburetor that he posted of his Honda HRN216 lawnmower with a GCV170 motor. The valve does look completely closed. Perhaps it is a different style one than on yours. I have a...

Yes, that is closed. Exactly how it should be. So you are either missing fuel or spark. An easy way to find out which is to remove the spark plug and squirt a little bit of fuel in the hole and put the plug back in. DO NOT USE STARTER FLUID it is much too strong for a small engine and could...