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I had that problem. Eventually figured out that I had the on/off valve closed. This pretty well sums up my mechanical acuity.
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The DIPCHIT ADD, after a morning of drinking:
You despair, repeatedly, constantly! daily basis?
A despair ninny.
Sack up, despire ninny.
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I could type out a bunch of crap, but in summary:
Buy a new carb off Amazon for $20 and call it a day.
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Cars have had all their fuel line components re-engineered to not dissolve in ethanol gas. Small engines have not. Almost all problems with small engines can now be attributed to ethanol gas damage. If you can't get ethanol-free gas, you are going to have engine troubles sooner or later.
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New carb is ~$20 and far less work than fiddling with the old one and typically is a 0 frustration deal. Remove a spring or 2, fuel line, 2-3 bolts, clean up the mating surface, reverse procedure and you're done.
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When that has happened to me I take the float off and where the seat sits, inside there is a jet with a slot for a flat head screw driver to fit, take that out and spray carb cleaner all up inside there and use a toothpick or similar to clean the crap out of there, make sure the small hole in the jet is free too, that works for me.
I now use Aspen at the end of the snow blowing season and the following winter my snow blower starts on the second pull.
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yea I agree
I went ahead and bought a spare carb which also fits my tiller. I just wrote what its for with a sharpie on the box and threw it on a shelf in the garage. I've been doing with that with my old honda ATVs for a couple of years now.
Unfortunately my John Deere Kawasaki engine doesn't have a cheap carb replacement that I've found, luckily I've cleaned it enough that I can knock it out in about 30 minutes. I have to do it about once every 18 months now.
I guess I'm past due on finding ethanol free gas around here.
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God Bless America
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Could be a bad ground. 
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thanks for the link, the closest one is 18 miles from my house.  I've used mechanic in a bottle before on a chainsaw . It did work well
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After you've had to replace everything between the gas cap and the intake valve the second or third time, that 18-mile drive won't seem so expensive. Fill a five-gallon can with pure gas for 12 bucks or so and you can run your small engines for a long time.
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After you've had to replace everything between the gas cap and the intake valve the second or third time, that 18-mile drive won't seem so expensive. Fill a five-gallon can with pure gas for 12 bucks or so and you can run your small engines for a long time. Yes, and treat it as soon as you get it home with Stabil, Seafoam, or Startron. For cleaning jets go to a welding supply shop and get a set of torch tip cleaners, lots of sizes and cheap. https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers...Tip-Cleaners/zgbs/automotive/10704398011
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