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Went to fire up a honda motor on a service truck before heading out the other day. Guy had just changed all the oil in every motor a couple weeks before but I thought I better check.
Unscrewed the dipstick and oil gushed out.
Thing sat there and dumped gas into the cylinder and filled up the lower half of the motor.
Emptied that all out.
Poured a little oil into the spark plug opening and slowly turned the crank over a few times to coat the cylinder walls.
Added some oil to the reservoir and will drain that.
What else do I need to do to get it running again safely?
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Probably got some trash in the float bowl of the carb that's preventing the needle from shutting off the flow of gas.
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What else do I need to do to get it running again safely?
Fire the dumbass.
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Unscrew the bowl and have a look.
Clean it all out. Check for deposits.
Yard some new oil in the crankcase and get to it.
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It’s a Honda—just pull on it till it starts
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What else do I need to do to get it running again safely?
Fire the dumbass. He didn’t do anything wrong. Something in the bowl got screwed up and allowed gas to gravity drain.
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I was wondering about filling it up with oil.
Then lightly cycling it.
Dumping that oil and putting fresh in again to try and protect from any damage the gas might do.
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Probably got some trash in the float bowl of the carb that's preventing the needle from shutting off the flow of gas. Yep Shut fuel selector off when we found the problem. That’s on the list to check/fix.
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Drop bowl, open gas shut off and start working the float up and down while letting gas clean the needle and seat.
Bet you raise the float and it shuts off fine after a few cycles.
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What else do I need to do to get it running again safely? Nothing besides changing the oil out. Hondas are notorious for leaking gas past the needle and seat as it bounces down the road, with Hondas you have to shut the fuel off and run it dry if transporting every damn time. It's not a bad idea to do it on all of them but it's a must with Hondas.
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Have had quite a few Honda engines on mortar mixers. The most bulletproof engine ever. I may have had to change a spark plug in one of them. A few starter ropes, because some guys like to yank them til they stop. I swear, I could put a 10 foot rope on, and they would still pull them to the stop!
The engines always outlast the mixers. Anyway, when I bought my first one, the guy told me to always shut the gas line off, and run til carb is empty, before towing. Have never had any problems. You should be fine with what you did.
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Our portable air compressor has a Honda engine and the float has stuck open at least 2-3 times in the last 10 years.
Usually find out when you go to pull the rope and WTF?!
Try to remember to shut the gas off but sometimes forget.
No big deal, drain it and refill. Pull the plug and blow the gas out. You know it's really douched when gas blows out the muffler....lol
I think it would be hard to hurt those badass little engines.
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If you got all the gas out and put fresh oil in you’re good to go. We’ve got 8 mowers in our fleet and this has happened more than once.
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Our portable air compressor has a Honda engine and the float has stuck open at least 2-3 times in the last 10 years.
Usually find out when you go to pull the rope and WTF?!
Try to remember to shut the gas off but sometimes forget.
No big deal, drain it and refill. Pull the plug and blow the gas out. You know it's really douched when gas blows out the muffler....lol
I think it would be hard to hurt those badass little engines. Honda has it you damn farmers figured out, They designed the engines this way on purpose, they know the only way the oil will get changed is if you have to............ 
Paul
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Genius...lol!
Serious now, I got REAL fancy and have Amsoil 5w-50 in the air compressor engine and 10w-30 full syn in a couple generators.
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You are a rare Farmer among Farmers...... 
Paul
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Ultimate cold weather pull-ability.....
Have a roll of extra fancy pull cord as well. Forget the exact diameter but it is for the Honda.....
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I had that happen to a Honda clone motor on a generator. Before I figured out what was wrong, it wiped the cylinder walls and started blowing smoke. I was PO'd...... Before that it was a perfectly running motor and burned zero oil.
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I have a Husqvarna push mower with a Honda motor. Bastard don’t even have an oil drain plug in it. Gotta turn the sob upside down and pour the oil out the friggin filler neck Just to change it. WTF is that all about?
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