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The old blind squirrel may have found an acorn. Replaced the head gasket this morning. When cleaning the head before installing new gasket I could see a small black area on the piston side where exhaust was leaking through the old gasket. Mowed the yard after putting everything back together and...

Well, in the last few days I changed the carburetor, spark plug, and air filter. Mowed the yard today and the mower still has the same problem: Still bogs down too easily. Next part to replace: cylinder head gasket. I took the head off while doing the carburetor work and the gasket was in...

Don't know about spark. Runs fine at idle. Don't know about cam-shaft.

Yes it sounds good at low load. I've tried increasing idle and it still bogs down. So I set it back to normal sound at low load.

Yes the blade is sharp and filter clean. The engine ran the same (bogged down) after new filter and blade. Don't have a tach.

Thanks. New blade and air filter last year, but haven't tried adjusting valves. I'll give it a try.

I purchased a used Toro Recycler 22" Self Propelled mower last year. It has the Tecumseh engine, 6.5 hp, 195 cc, Model LV195XA. It has always bogged down too easily. I've tried replacing air filter, new gas, adjusting idle speeds, etc. But nothing so far has solved the problem. Other than...