My Honda is roughly 10 yrs old, model HRB216TDA. The specs online say it's engine is a Honda OHV/OHC Premium Residential engine. It just recently started running only in full choke mode.
Used to be when I forgot to throttle back from full choke, it would sound funny and run slower but now on full choke, it sounds and acts normal. When I throttle it back to the normal setting, it dies immediately. Doesn't even sputter, just flat dies.
Does someone have any idea what's wrong? If it's a dirty carburetor, is there an additive I can run through it or does it call for a rebuild? I checked to see if the throttle cable might have slipped out of position but the way it's made, it's pretty well locked in place and can't move.
Used to be when I forgot to throttle back from full choke, it would sound funny and run slower but now on full choke, it sounds and acts normal. When I throttle it back to the normal setting, it dies immediately. Doesn't even sputter, just flat dies.
Does someone have any idea what's wrong? If it's a dirty carburetor, is there an additive I can run through it or does it call for a rebuild? I checked to see if the throttle cable might have slipped out of position but the way it's made, it's pretty well locked in place and can't move.