Honda HRX217 KHXA

billuke

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No I did not do an actual compression test and if your talking about the arms that sit at the ends of the valves, I just checked to see if they were working.
All I can say is I have another mower with a gvc 160 honda engine, which works great
and the engine of the 190 sounds/feels about the same as the 160. Just won't start
 

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It's more or less a mechanical law that if you have fuel and a spark and compression - an engine should fire and run. So something in that three is missing.I have not worked on Honda's and I just purchased my first - but I have wrenched a bit in my life. Could there be an errant kill switch wire? I know on an Intek where I had a similar problem - an engine that by all accounts should have started but didn't - and I had other people look at it and it stumped them - turned out to be the dead man cable was adjusted improperly by just a small measure. Good luck.
 

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It's more or less a mechanical law that if you have fuel and a spark and compression - an engine should fire and run. So something in that three is missing.I have not worked on Honda's and I just purchased my first - but I have wrenched a bit in my life. Could there be an errant kill switch wire? I know on an Intek where I had a similar problem - an engine that by all accounts should have started but didn't - and I had other people look at it and it stumped them - turned out to be the dead man cable was adjusted improperly by just a small measure. Good luck.
Which would of been found on a spark test. Unless the cable was right at the limit of on and off as you said. Nice catch on that. I always check that limit area by slowly moving the lever and see when the spark cuts out. Should have a bit more travel towards cable slackville.
 

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I will 2x check it again but I definetly have spark in the start position on the throttle lever.
Also will check valves again.
Can't get to it untill this weekend.
 

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There are 2 TDC positions on a 4 smoke engine. Careful when adjusting valves. Just saying.

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How do you know you're on the top dead center of the compression stroke,and not the exhaust stroke?
 

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Ok,I officially give up.I tried everything I could to get this going. I'm taking the hit on the replacement parts but maybe some will fit my 160 engine if needed.
Thanks to everyone but this is a lost cause.
 
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