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Cold start issues first start of the day. Runs perfectly after that. Thought the choke was too lean so tried bending the choke rod to shorten it.. didn't help. Not sure why it's smoking so much while cranking when it never smokes while running normally. I'm an old car guy but not a small engine expert. The first video was after 3-4 attempts to start and I realized I should record it. It started this several weeks ago seemed to coincide with temperature drop which made me think it was choke adjustment. Before it would start first try every time.
History is it sat for 3 years after a mouse chewed the ignition coil and the previous owner gave it to me. Upgraded to electronic ignition and cleaned mouse nest from fan blades, ran almost perfect. Has leaked gas out of carb for many years which probably saved the carb before it sat. I started shutting the valve when parked. Maybe it's still flooding internally after parking for the night?
Any ideas are appreciated.
Cold start issues first start of the day. Runs perfectly after that. Thought the choke was too lean so tried bending the choke rod to shorten it.. didn't help. Not sure why it's smoking so much while cranking when it never smokes while running normally. I'm an old car guy but not a small engine expert. The first video was after 3-4 attempts to start and I realized I should record it. It started this several weeks ago seemed to coincide with temperature drop which made me think it was choke adjustment. Before it would start first try every time.
History is it sat for 3 years after a mouse chewed the ignition coil and the previous owner gave it to me. Upgraded to electronic ignition and cleaned mouse nest from fan blades, ran almost perfect. Has leaked gas out of carb for many years which probably saved the carb before it sat. I started shutting the valve when parked. Maybe it's still flooding internally after parking for the night?
Any ideas are appreciated.