Articles for tag: Carburetor

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Troubleshoot a Gas Lawn Mower Carburetor Problem

Warm weather is here, and you decide to use your gas lawn mower to trim your lawn. So you change the oil (if it’s a four-stroke engine), fill up the tank with gas, set the throttle, and give the starter a pull. But, your gas lawn mower only responds with a sputter. As long as ...

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Rebuilding a Keihin Carburetor from Parts

Keihin carburetors follow many of the same principles as other carburetors for motorcycles and sustain many of the same problems. Typical issues include malfunctions associated with the fuel/air mixture that the carburetor must balance and produce so the motorcycle engine can run properly. To rebuild the carburetor properly, the job should be completed with gaskets ...

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Free Local Car Care and Diagnostic Services

For women, grandmothers, the elderly – or anyone who just isn’t mechanically inclined – there’s help from Advance Auto when it comes to your car problems. The nationwide auto part store offers many services, including diagnostics and replacing some car parts, for those that simply don’t know how to work on cars – and the ...

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How to Increase the Power of Your Yamaha Grizzly 660 ATV

If you bought a Yamaha Grizzly 650 a few years ago, or even a used Grizzly 660 recently, you might just be wondering how you can increase power in the venerable Yamaha Grizzly 660 ATV. If you’re considering a few minor customizations to your Yamaha to make the Grizzly 660 your own, than the engine ...

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What Harmful Gases Does Your Car Emit?

The car is not a clean machine. Since it burns fossil fuel, you cannot expect it to emit nothing but clean air. You can only expect zero emission from electric vehicles and this time, an electric vehicle is not yet practical to own. There are different kinds of emission and you should be concerned about ...

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Troubleshooting a Briggs & Stratton Engine

This troubleshooting guide is for when the lawnmower is started, runs for a few seconds and then cuts out. This is a pretty common problem which is usually one of just a few things that can be worked on to fix the problem. WARNING! Before starting any work on the mower, it is important to ...

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How to Winterize a 2 Cycle Outboard Motor

Following a summer and fall of boating and fishing fun it is often difficult to find the time to properly winterize your outboard motor for the winter. While it is sometimes possible to ignore the task now the chances are good that come spring you will have to invest even more time and money to ...