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Old September 5th, 2013, 06:30 AM
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Default Re: Help for a new guy

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Originally Posted by Vern View Post
OK, I drained as much of the old gas as I could and put a couple gallons of fresh ethanol-free gas in the tank. The filter in the carb was half blocked with crud. Replaced the fuel filter next to the gas pump with a clear one, and it looks dirty already. There's no filter under the cab. After all this it still idles really badly. Can't idle for long even with the choke on full. Any thoughts about how to clean things up?
Yeah if the carb filter was that bad the inside of the carb likely has bad gummed up old gas residue and you should just buy a new carb or do the rebuild, they are so easy to redo yourself that you will be surprised. Do the carb and tune her up and you will be flying done the hiway!
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