PTmowerMech
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On a service call, started out, this thing ran like crap. Lot's of back firing through the exhaust. After about 10 minutes of it running & mowing, it seemed to clear up. It was still backfiring, but in spurts, it would completely clear up for several seconds. Maybe even a couple of minutes.
So I thought maybe it was just some junk in the carb that made it's way through. A couple of weeks later, customer calls and says it still running bad and that it wouldn't even stay running. So I picked it up and brought it home. (like a dummy, I didn't even try to crank it there)
At home, I crank it, and it's still got a little back fire issue. But nothing major, like it was the first time I cranked it. I throw on a set of new plugs (RC12YC). Of course that didn't change anything. But it eliminated the possibility of a bad plug. I ran it for about 10 minutes and the plugs were spotless.
So I guess the question is what could make it run like crap one minute. I don't want to do nothing to it, return it to the customer, only for to start doing it again.
Like I said the only real symptoms now is the slight exhaust backfire. I remover the air filter so I could see down in there, and didn't see any carburetor back fire.
On a service call, started out, this thing ran like crap. Lot's of back firing through the exhaust. After about 10 minutes of it running & mowing, it seemed to clear up. It was still backfiring, but in spurts, it would completely clear up for several seconds. Maybe even a couple of minutes.
So I thought maybe it was just some junk in the carb that made it's way through. A couple of weeks later, customer calls and says it still running bad and that it wouldn't even stay running. So I picked it up and brought it home. (like a dummy, I didn't even try to crank it there)
At home, I crank it, and it's still got a little back fire issue. But nothing major, like it was the first time I cranked it. I throw on a set of new plugs (RC12YC). Of course that didn't change anything. But it eliminated the possibility of a bad plug. I ran it for about 10 minutes and the plugs were spotless.
So I guess the question is what could make it run like crap one minute. I don't want to do nothing to it, return it to the customer, only for to start doing it again.
Like I said the only real symptoms now is the slight exhaust backfire. I remover the air filter so I could see down in there, and didn't see any carburetor back fire.
