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I'm fixing a generator for a friend and I cleaned the carb and got it all back together. Well I fired it up and it started immediately and it just screamed up to god knows how high. I bet it hit 5000rpm before I got it to shut off. Hopefully I didn't float any valves because it sounds a little rattly now.
The governor seems a bit sticky. It's either full open or at idle speed. I can pull the choke out to keep the engine speed at a steady rpm. Does the choke have anything to do with the governor or are they unrelated? I see their is two notches at the top of the carb where the choke butterfly valve fits into a little vertical spring and the choke isn't fully open when it's at these two notches. If I remember right it's either closed are half open. The funny thing is when it's at the partially open position it runs at the correct rpm. Did me not have the chock set properly affect the rpm?
The governor seems a bit sticky. It's either full open or at idle speed. I can pull the choke out to keep the engine speed at a steady rpm. Does the choke have anything to do with the governor or are they unrelated? I see their is two notches at the top of the carb where the choke butterfly valve fits into a little vertical spring and the choke isn't fully open when it's at these two notches. If I remember right it's either closed are half open. The funny thing is when it's at the partially open position it runs at the correct rpm. Did me not have the chock set properly affect the rpm?