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Butch (OH)

05-01-2001 12:00:34




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But I have been having lawn mower troubles too. I have a 15 year old Honda push mower that has never gave a minutes trouble until this spring. I have to stop about twice an hour to remove debris from the main jet in the carb, luckily it's only a 5 min job. The stuff looks like chunks of varnish from the tank and I have removed the tank and flushed with several fuel system cleaners but I am still getting small pieces of it in the carb. What will remove or disolve the varnish flakes?

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Mark Kw

05-01-2001 13:30:00




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 Re: Not exactly a tool question in reply to Butch (OH), 05-01-2001 12:00:34  
You could remove the tank and have it cleaned with acid, most radiator shops will do this. The cost is going to be around $75 for this but it does work provided the tank is in excellent shape. Have you replaced the fuel line/hose? The gunk may be coming from these and not the tank.

Depending on if you can buy a new tank, the price may not be much different from getting the old one cleaned.

The other alternative to spending a lot of dough is to install an in-line fuel filter just before the carb. This will catch the crud before it plugs carb and even with all new hose/line and clamps this fix should come in under $10 it you do it yourself. Be sure to use a filter that is compatible with the application. IE: if the heat of the engine is going to hit the filter, use a metal one. Also make sure that the filter and or lines/hoses don't rub anything that will work a hole in them.

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