On gasoline engines the primary method for causing the fuel air mixture to become ignited is to use a spark. The spark is generated using high-voltage electricity which jumps across a gap in the engine combustion chamber. We all understand this process that the spark plug must give spark and therefore the engine will run [...]

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  Many of us have driven a car and turned on the cruise control. We will be driving down the freeway and suddenly see a cop and then say hey we should put the speed back to 55, so we throw on the cruise control. What we don’t really notice happening is there is an [...]

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  One of the biggest headaches you will run into is an engine that keeps stalling and quitting.  As an example I have two different snow blowers and they invariably quit during their operation especially in a really big snow storm! They will run fine and then just start sputtering and die.  I will then [...]

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One of the best ways to save money, close to $500 in fact, is to find an old engine and use it on your go kart. The trouble is that many of use don’t know what to expect when we find an old engine. We just expect it to work. The sad reality is that there are going to be issues. This post helps you pre-diagnose those issues before even taking the engine off the rider lawn mower in the back yard.

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