borat

How about a couple picture?

There should also be a gasket type washer on that screw between the spring and the bottom of the float bowl.

Just goes to show that it pays to do our homework. 

Joe average consumer isn't very savvy when it comes to buying just about anything.  Their usual shopping parameters are: biggest number for least money.   To them, an MTD with a 12 h.p. engine and 32 inch wide clearing path is better than an 8 h.p. 24" Ariens etc.  Regardless of the fact that the engine is Chinese and the auger gears are off of an electric can opener and the chassis is the thickness of tin foil.  

The irony of it is, that these very same consumers tend to be the least maintenance oriented.  So in the long run (more likely short run), they'll have a problem with the machine.  It will probably happen when they need it most and the machine will be out of service for two months because many of the other similar machines will be in for repairs too.  Then it's the hoops and hurdles they'll have to jump through and over to get anything done by the box stores.   This forum has a lot to offer prospective shoppers if they heed what's being said by the knowledgeable participants.    

friiy wrote:

Yeah.  Me too.

Out with the Indian in with the Chinaman.

Sounds like the carb is pouring raw fuel into the engine.  If your float needle isn't stuck open,  I can't see any other way that the fuel could be getting in unless you have an enrichening circuit (choke) that is dumping raw fuel into the venturi.  That's basically what an enrichening circuit does.  Pull the carb and go over it with a fine tooth comb.  Check everything, pull every jet, clean every passage.  If there is an enrichening mechanism, check that too.  On the Mikuni carbs that I work on, one has an enrichening circuit.  there's an O-ring in there that if it fails, fuel will seep past it and create a rich condition.  If you take the carb completely apart, you might as well put in a  a carb kit if there's such a thing for it.  How about posting a picture and a link for info on that particular model of carb?  It would help understand it's operation a bit better. 

You will notice that if the engine is a domestic product, it has it's name prominently displayed.  The manufacturer wants you to know it's their engine.  I doubt that the North American OPE manufacturers want us to readily notice that the engine on their product is made in China.  I'm surprised you even found a label indicating that the engine is of Chinese origin. 

 I bought a Vermont Castings barbecue at HD last year.  They had another brand (Ducane) on the floor that I was interested in.  I asked the sales manager, not the clerk, where the Ducane was manufactured.  Her reply was that it was built in the U.S.  I looked over the paper work, sales brochure, manual etc. for a country of origin.  Couldn't find anything.   I looked all over the exterior of the machine.  Nothing.  Finally, I got down on my hands and knees and looked inside the cabinet where the propane tank is kept.  Waaaaay at the back on a little sticker, written in letters barely legible, it said "Made in China."  So I get up and interrupt the sales manager who is speaking to my wife.  I asked her "So, help me out here.  When did China become a part of the U.S.A.? "   She said Pardon."    I replied "You said this Ducane barbecue was built in the U,S.  There's a label inside that say it's made in China."   She responded  "Well, that's news to me."   Not surprising.  HD staff aren't that knowledgeable of many of their products and if it's of Chinese manufacture, I'm certain that Home Depot and most other large box stores aren't waving any banners to let the customers know.   So, a consumer has to closely scrutinize the product for it's country of origin if they want to know where it was made. 

By the way, the Vermont Castings was made in the U.S.A. and it's a fine barbecue indeed.