Y'welcome. Just sharing what I have learned. I'm sure some mower repair guys
are cursing me for costing them a repair call. Ah, well. It's the economy.

Strainers do get plugged. How often? I don't know. If yours is a two stroke,
with flexible gas line. you will need a bent wire with a hook on the end, to
get the hose to come out, and let you get at the intake filter. Filter
probably has weight built into it, to keep the pickup down into the fuel.

Best of luck, please let us know how it works out.

Christopher A. Young
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"frank1492" wrote in message
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Hmmm...I had actually thought of that- should have been option 4.
Will give it a shot. Thanks.
The fact that when reassembled there was a slight improvement
also supports your idea because I think the carb kit did nothing.
BTW how likely is it ever that the strainer in the bottom of the
fuel tank gets partially plugged? And how often does an overhaul kit
improve things? Nothing I saw in the kit looks like it could go bad
except possible the diaphragm, and while mine looked a *little* floppy
I doubt that would cause problems.
Frank





On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:22:56 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

I'd put Permatex IIb non hardening on both sides of the gasket betwen the
carb and the machine. I've had a leaky gasket do that, more than once. When
that happens, the machine draws air after the carb, and runs lean.