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MetroMPG · 04-10-2021, 03:40 PM

Correction: it WILL run on quick start. But not on fresh gas from the tank.

I'm into the carb now...

Samwichse: correct, LOTS of flaking varnish in the float bowl.

Your neighbour's corn fuel comment made me chuckle. My small engines are anti-vegan: no corn fuel! Dead dinosaurs only.

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