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Do you see any side effects from doing this?.... It kinda suggest there's a design flaw (like the plastic manifold) in B&S design specifications.

No my carb has separate choke and throttle leavers and cables. I threw away the plastic manifold (which was leaking somewhere!!) and bought an aluminium manifold, which is used on the professional series engines.... This took a bit of adaptation but worked well for me ;-)

Ok thanks for clarify that. I'll consider doing the same but I'm a bit reluctant because I've never had that engine idling and running as sweet as it does at the moment ... so might "let sleeping dog lay" lol! Thanks for all the information ... You've done really well in such a short space of...

Great news! Some say that those two jets are different sizes. Do you know which one you drilled out?

Great ... But you mean "choke plate" right? .... please report back after that one ... and what you covered the hole it with too? Good luck!

Brass plug is what I've always had ... except when I fitted the Chinese Carb (for a few days) which has a plastic/nylon plug. So either one was "no change" Compression test yes, many times ... But I can't see how a leak down issue would help with a starting problem? ... That's really an optimal...

My Carb has the brass plug. As always in life, there's no such think as "EVERYTHING! lol" ... So I've not tried blocking a hole on the choke plate (if there is one?) .... Would love to know if this mod alone does the trick?... But not how you would do this without something being sucked into...

Check and Tested mine (many times) and its working fine.... I'm fairly sure I saw replacements on eBay? .... But need to make sure you're get the right one as the Solenoids on the Chinese Carbs are different (screw thread and plug) to the Nikki Cabs.

Regrettably not...The current (original) carb has been stripped down and cleaned out maybe 10 times (with every jet and venturi check and cleared each time) and the last time was with a full carb overhaul kit. I have also fitted brand new carb which did nothing to solve this problem. Also since...

I have the same engine. And I have done EVERYTHING!! but only more recently discovered that a change in starting procedure works well for me. 1.Battery in good order and well charged .... otherwise don't bother 2.Don't not apply choke (at first). 3.Crank engine over (with starter motor) for upto...