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Engine slow flame (backfire) and won't start. victor v40 4-stroke - SOLVED.
THIS IS SOLVED. For anyone interested, the problem had nothing to do with compression, head gasket or timing. The issue was the spark plug - yep, the friggin spark plug! Even though I had decent spark - it was CLEARLY visible during the day AND re-gapped it AND cleaned the contacts, it was...- Bender360
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Engine slow flame (backfire) and won't start. victor v40 4-stroke - SOLVED.
Hi again, Sadly I'm still in no go city. I'm attaching some pics to help explain what I'm seeing (or not seeing) as I still can't find the problem. When I looked at the outside I thought I had a blown head gasket. (Side pic with head assembled). I removed the spark plug and rocker cover. I...- Bender360
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Engine slow flame (backfire) and won't start. victor v40 4-stroke - SOLVED.
Thank you for the awesome reply! This will be my weekend job, but at least now I have a few things to easily test and look for. Very much appreciate your help! I'll post the results in the hope it helps someone else also. Cheers- Bender360
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Engine slow flame (backfire) and won't start. victor v40 4-stroke - SOLVED.
Hi folks, This is my first post so my apologies if it's in the wrong spot. I have a Victor V40 4 stroke push mower that was working perfectly. Couple of weeks ago I was mowing away (it started perfectly cold) but eventually needed to empty the catcher. Throttled down to idle, took out the...- Bender360
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