MattsLawnMowing
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Hi all. Just joined and glad to be part of the community,
I own a relatively new honda GCV160 mower engine and I have been having issues with it recently. Ive owned it for roughly a year and during this period, I have used it extensively due to my small lawn mowing business within my neighborhood. During this time, I’ve kept up with oil changes and other obvious service items such as blade sharpening and spark plug changes.
The problems began this spring when demand for lawn mowing came back. When the engine is simply running and under no load, the RPMs fluctuate significantly. Not enough to call it surging exactly, but certainly not normal. It’s most prevalent when turning the lawn mower 90 degrees quickly or raising the front. It sounds like it almost dies and then comes back to life. This led me to believe that it could a be a fuel delivery issue. So, I replaced the gas cap(in case of poor venting) and removed the carb bowl to look for any sediment. The bowl turned out to be completely clean, but I sprayed carb cleaner into the jet of the carb nonetheless. In addition, I replaced the spark plug and ensured it was gapped correctly.
Should I check the valves? Ignition? Completely tear down the carb and clean it?
At this point, I’m really at a loss concerning the solution to rough-runnng nature of the engine.
Any bright insight is certainly welcome!
Thanks!
I own a relatively new honda GCV160 mower engine and I have been having issues with it recently. Ive owned it for roughly a year and during this period, I have used it extensively due to my small lawn mowing business within my neighborhood. During this time, I’ve kept up with oil changes and other obvious service items such as blade sharpening and spark plug changes.
The problems began this spring when demand for lawn mowing came back. When the engine is simply running and under no load, the RPMs fluctuate significantly. Not enough to call it surging exactly, but certainly not normal. It’s most prevalent when turning the lawn mower 90 degrees quickly or raising the front. It sounds like it almost dies and then comes back to life. This led me to believe that it could a be a fuel delivery issue. So, I replaced the gas cap(in case of poor venting) and removed the carb bowl to look for any sediment. The bowl turned out to be completely clean, but I sprayed carb cleaner into the jet of the carb nonetheless. In addition, I replaced the spark plug and ensured it was gapped correctly.
Should I check the valves? Ignition? Completely tear down the carb and clean it?
At this point, I’m really at a loss concerning the solution to rough-runnng nature of the engine.
Any bright insight is certainly welcome!
Thanks!
