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joninnj,

Very good advice as usual.

Let me just ask one question. Lately I have taken to increasing the throttle to get it started from being cold. Is it possible to flood the engine even if it is running? To the point where it would run at a very low idle and then eventually quit or die when shifted. When I got it home is just ran awesome on the muffs, and this was approximately 20 - 30 minutes later. I also started it without giving it gas... My small engine newbieness is definitely at work here.

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