27-11-13, 11:43 PM
Mine developed the same symptoms in late autumn a few years ago... I'd never needed choke to start it and, when I tried applying it after the starter had turned the engine over for a while without success, it made matters worse by flooding the engine.
One morning I decided to try setting the choke half way and then hitting the starter button and it fired up immediately.
I've no idea how it goes from being too lean without the choke, to flooding with it, without going through a point where the mixture is ideal, but applying choke before touching the starter made all the difference.
One morning I decided to try setting the choke half way and then hitting the starter button and it fired up immediately.
I've no idea how it goes from being too lean without the choke, to flooding with it, without going through a point where the mixture is ideal, but applying choke before touching the starter made all the difference.