New carb problem

to30man · Mar 23, 2017

Took the air filter off and cleaned it and
left it off and tried to start the tractor
an gas was coming out of the spot were the
air filter hooks to. Old card started
flooding while running good and the new one
the same really frustrated. Tank and gas is
clean

JMOR · Mar 23, 2017

(quoted from post at 19:06:28 03/23/17) Took the air filter off and cleaned it and
left it off and tried to start the tractor
an gas was coming out of the spot were the
air filter hooks to. Old card started
flooding while running good and the new one
the same really frustrated. Tank and gas is
clean

heck the choke. Choking will result in liquid gasoline collecting in lowest part of carb, which is why the mfgr put a drain hole there.

HFJ · Mar 23, 2017

i had myself hypnotized to believe if i pulled that choke knob out for more than 2 seconds, that thing from Poltergeist (the original one, of course) will come up thru the battery cover and get me.

life is good now

Bruce (VA) · Mar 23, 2017

As JMOR & HFJ are saying.......the usual cause of gas dripping out of the carb throat is operator error.

While each N has its own starting sequence, none of them will start well by just yanking out the choke rod & holding it out for 5 or 10 seconds while the engine cranks. This is a gravity fuel system on a low compression engine; it is easily flooded by too much choke.

Try this:

Key on, gas on 2 full turns, clutch in, 3/4 throttle, press the starter button. Let it crank for at least 3 - 4 seconds before you pull the choke rod. Then, don't hold it out for more than 2 or 3 seconds.

If you find out it will not start w/o excessive choking, you have problems.
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