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I have a KM130R that starts fine but as soon as I turn the open the choke the engine dies (I assume not enough gas/Too much air). So I purchased a ZAMA RB-162 carb kit an rebuilt the carb but it still dies. Any ideas on what might be the issue? The tool has been barely used. I run only non-ethanol premium gas in it and run it dry in the fall. There was a little kindney bean aluminum cover that cam in the kit which I did not touch as the original one looked well glued in.


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James

It is dieing because it is not getting enough fuel.
So there is a fuel filter, a fuel tank vent , hoses and the connection between the carb & the engine, all high on the suspect list.
Then there is the question of weather you got the hoses on the right way round.

bertsmobile1 said:

It is dieing because it is not getting enough fuel.
So there is a fuel filter, a fuel tank vent , hoses and the connection between the carb & the engine, all high on the suspect list.
Then there is the question of weather you got the hoses on the right way round.

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I'll check it all again but I was pretty thorough. I didn't check the filter and believe that the vent is part of the Air Filter Box. Anyway thanks for the tips.

Have you adjusted the high and low mixture screws?

When I first started in this business I thought I was King Sheit because I could pull down , clean & reassemble a cube carb in no time flat.
Thus whenever a hand held came in, that is exactly what I did and boy did some of them cause me grief .
When picking up my parts order, the sales rep asked me why I was using so many rebuild kits when my predecessor rarely ever bought one.

So now I have 3 pressure gauges , a brake bleeder a substitute tank with a known good filter, and rarely ever touch a carb other than to adjust it
OTOH I do replace a lot of fuel filters , tank seals, tank caps & hoses.
They go out the door a lot faster & I even make a profit on some of them now days.
I just did a crankcase seal job on a Stihl because the customer said the Stihl shop said they needed replacing.
When doing the reassembly I found the real problem, the impulse line had split, a 5 minute $ 10 fix if I had taken the time to properly diagnose the saw.