| OFF topic new B & S powered pressure washer is lean [message #88370] |
Sun, 13 June 2010 11:12  |
JohnL455
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Location: Woodstock, IL
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I bought a Craftsman Professional Pressure washer with the Briggs 900 series OHV engine and you have to run it with the choke on one notch or it lean surges and hunts the governor continuously. It's not cold outside. Carb appears to be non adjustable fixed jet. Great. I made a point of not buying a Honda powered unit and I am now paying the price. I don't want the hastle of taking it back to Sears. Do I get out the wire drills and go from there? Anyone else had this issue. Thanks EPA for mandating non adjustable carbs that are never right. I can't imagine the engine life is going to be very long if it runs under load in a lean condition.
John Lebetski
Woodstock, IL
77 Eleganza II
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| Re: OFF topic new B & S powered pressure washer is lean [message #88373 is a reply to message #88370] |
Sun, 13 June 2010 11:38  |
C Boyd
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| JohnL455 wrote on Sun, 13 June 2010 12:12 |
I bought a Craftsman Professional Pressure washer with the Briggs 900 series OHV engine and you have to run it with the choke on one notch or it lean surges and hunts the governor continuously. It's not cold outside. Carb appears to be non adjustable fixed jet. Great. I made a point of not buying a Honda powered unit and I am now paying the price. I don't want the hastle of taking it back to Sears. Do I get out the wire drills and go from there? Anyone else had this issue. Thanks EPA for mandating non adjustable carbs that are never right. I can't imagine the engine life is going to be very long if it runs under load in a lean condition.
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Sir: I have ran into this with briggs replacement engines with the non adjustable main jet. If you remove the bowl and then remove the jet and the tube that goes into the venturi there is a rubber O ring that could be damaged letting it suck air instead of the correct amount of fuel. Also check the carb gasket before drilling the jet as last resort. If all is good It might be worth the hassle of going back to Sears..
C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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