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Engine backfires, quite a lot, at lower throttle and idle

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You need to either clean your carbs or you have a valve out of adjustment mine was doing same thing because of dirts carbs hope that sheds a little light on subject

  • andrew richards Aug 05, 2010

    somthing else I was going to tell you wa s I change to the next # down on the spark plug which is a hotter burning plug also helps if it has been loading up on rawl fuel

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