QuestionHi John,
I recently aquired 2 honda lawn mowers, a couple of days apart from each other, both are model # HR214. The first one I got, started and ran O.K after I put fresh gas in it, but it would stall when I placed the trottle at anything less than high. At that point I reserved myself to thinking that I'll take a look at it in a couple of days to fiqure out what may be wrong with it. When I went back to it in those couple of days, it wouldn't start at all, so I changed the spark plug, verified it was getting spark, cleaned the fuel screen, verified that there was fuel in the carb bowl, and it still wouldn't start, so I put a little drop of fuel in the air intake and it ran great...for 5 seconds. So I took off the carb and soaked it in fresh gas, sprayed it with carb cleaner, basically cleaned the heck out of it, put it all back together, rechecked all the things I checked earlier, attempted to start it, and it wouldn't start, unless I put a drop of fuel in air intake, then it ran great for a second or two and stopped. Oh..by the way the second mower I acquiered, a couple of days after this one, is identical in every way, especially the way it won't start. I did every thing to this one, that I did to the other, and guess what..it didn't work for this one either, unless I put a drop of fuel in the air intake, then it will run for a second ot two like the other, then die. Am I over looking something?, could both of these identical mowers have the exact same problem?, and if they do, then what is it? Is something keeping the fuel, that I know is in the carb bowl from reaching the cylinder? Is it possible that the problem isn't the carb or a fuel problem at all, but something else altogether? As you can see John, I need help, I'm quite perplexed, I look foward to hearing(reading) your response, Thanks so much for your time
yours truly, a very perplexed and dimayed Mark
Answer Hello Mark:
Purchase a Gallon Can of Gunk Carburator Cleaner and Disassenble the Carburators. The Cleaner has a Tray for the Parts to be Lowered into the Can for Soaking. Soak them Overnight in the Cleaning Solution and then Blow Out the Passages with Compressed Air. All the Spray Cleaner did was Loosen the Varnish Inside the Carburators. This Loosened Varnish is Now Restricting the Gas Flow through the Carburator Jet. Soaking is the Only Way to Remove this Varnish. It is Formed from Gas, but Soaking in Gas will Not Clean it. Hope this Helps. I am here if you Require more Assistance. Let me know what Happens, Please. Thanks.
Good Luck
Respectfully
John
