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240U needs choking

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Jim Baber

04-04-2007 14:24:59




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I just cranked up my IH-240-U for the first time to do some mowing. As usual, I had to pull it to get it started. After about 1 round, it started sputtering and losing power. I pulled the choke out, and whoa, it just ran like a champ. Push the choke in, it sputters again. I took the sediment bowl off--nothing there, but the gasoline smelled strangely like turpentine. It has sat outside all winter. All I did was just add some more gasoline. Do I have a carburetor problem, a governor problem, or could my gasoline have gone bad? Any ideas? Thanks. Jim Baber, Campbell, TX.

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Don Benson

04-05-2007 17:35:43




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 Re: 240U needs choking in reply to Jim Baber, 04-04-2007 14:24:59  
time to rebuid the carb!!! get a good kit and a gallon of carb cleaner. You may also want to install a pleated fuel filter in addition to the sediment bowl.



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Gary in Mozarks

04-04-2007 15:26:49




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 Re: 240U needs choking in reply to Jim Baber, 04-04-2007 14:24:59  
Choking it to get it to run right means its getting to much oxygen, I.e. not enough gas, Id say you have a plugged (varnished) main metering jet. (probably idle jet too) but thats just a guess. Id say take the carb apart and clean it and put it back together.



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