drassists
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I have a Husqvarna with Kawasaki fh430v engine. I was mowing and it started doing the bad gas thing (surging, needing the choke to run and eventually stalling out). I changed plugs, fuel filter and took apart the carb and cleaned it all out with air compressor, wire and with carb cleaner. After cleaning the carb, I can't even get it to fire up at at all. There is spark and it will fire with a blast of starting fluid, but nothing on it's own. I get gas to the bowl, but somehow it's not getting past that. I assume something is still clogged but can't see what. I was able to disassemble and clear the main jet but there is another (I think the pilot jet?) that I can't get apart from the carb because it won't unscrew (there is a piece of plastic at the base that prevents unscrewing and I don't want to break that) I tried to gently pry it off, but no luck. Could this be the problem?? It's the only thing that I can think of - I have re-cleaned the whole thing three times and obviously I'm missing something. One thing that may be noteworthy: when it first died, the oil was just about dry, which is very unusual. I have only 18 hours of mowing since I changed the oil and this has never been a problem. I'm thinking i didn't completely close the drain when I changed the oil. . . . Any insight would be appreciated! The grass is getting long, the wife is getting cranky and the downstairs sofa is getting made up with my pillow. Help!
