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Archive through January 09, 2008
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Carey, the "dirt" could be in the carb body not the needle/seat.
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Is you fuel line new, I have had rubber line break up on the inside on send particles into the needle + seat area.
Carey,
Last year I had the same thing happen to me with the carb. I did everything by the book, new needle and seat, gaskets and set everything like it should be. It still leaked. I decided that day was going to be spent figuring it out, start from scratch again.
I put some gas in a coffee can, set the float in it and it went straight to the bottom. Ah-ha this is a sinker.
A new float fixed it.
David
Last year I had the same thing happen to me with the carb. I did everything by the book, new needle and seat, gaskets and set everything like it should be. It still leaked. I decided that day was going to be spent figuring it out, start from scratch again.
I put some gas in a coffee can, set the float in it and it went straight to the bottom. Ah-ha this is a sinker.
A new float fixed it.
David
Guys
a couple of times I have had to reshape the bottom
of the bowl where the nut was it seemed that after time or multiple taking offs it would get a little bent in towards the jet making the bowl just not tight enough to seal against the new gasket I also had a bowl go bad last year would only drip when running after two replaced gaskets I found a micro hole in the bowl looks like it rotted threw the aluminum
a couple of times I have had to reshape the bottom
of the bowl where the nut was it seemed that after time or multiple taking offs it would get a little bent in towards the jet making the bowl just not tight enough to seal against the new gasket I also had a bowl go bad last year would only drip when running after two replaced gaskets I found a micro hole in the bowl looks like it rotted threw the aluminum
Ken-
FWIW I've got a jar of E85 with a carb kit and fuel line ferrules soaking, there has been no swelling, hardening, softening, cracking, etc of the parts. The jar has been sitting sice August.
I also believe Kohler has put out a service bulletin dictating that this is OK (but some OEM Kohler users still reject this information)
FWIW I've got a jar of E85 with a carb kit and fuel line ferrules soaking, there has been no swelling, hardening, softening, cracking, etc of the parts. The jar has been sitting sice August.
I also believe Kohler has put out a service bulletin dictating that this is OK (but some OEM Kohler users still reject this information)
"Gotta agree with Kentuck, no E85 getting into any of my engines."
Good luck on that, because they are putting it in a lot of gas without letting you know. I just read an article about this in the Midwest somewhere.
Good luck on that, because they are putting it in a lot of gas without letting you know. I just read an article about this in the Midwest somewhere.
Something to think about My son who is the chief mechanic for a large 10 store M/C dealership told me that everybody is having problems with the fuel in this State the carbs are getting screwed up. I bought a new snowblower three years ago and had to replace the carb already(last year)I went to take the bolt out of the bottom of the bowl and it broke took the carb off for a cleaning and as I was taking it apart every screw broke. I now go over the State line and buy all my tractor and mower gas there. I'm not sure what the blend is but buying carbs every couple of years gets expensive plus the State lines is five minutes away
There is some truth to that, soft metals such as brass, aluminum, and copper become an anode in pure ethanol. There are additive packages to prevent this, though the use of said additive packages are spotty.
Light nickel plating and anodizing of aluminum prevents failures from leaching. Ethanol by itself can lightly corrode aluminum, the damage is done by ethanol that has absorbed water, increasing the galvanic process.
Light nickel plating and anodizing of aluminum prevents failures from leaching. Ethanol by itself can lightly corrode aluminum, the damage is done by ethanol that has absorbed water, increasing the galvanic process.
