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    labrador-guy
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      I want to get my two cents in here on this one. If your motor has a bad seal or crank case leaking it will have an erratic idle even with the handle all the way slow. Because it is drawing un-carborated air causing it to run lean. You have checked the things that should of fixed the motor. I had a problem like this before and I opened up the hood as the sun was setting and I noticed spark jumping along a plug wire. Wires looked good but spark jumping to ground would kill a cylinder every time, just something else to check.

      dale

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      davesko
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        Thank you labrador guy, as i was checking the wires my friend looking at it with me touched one of the wires and got zapped! gonna replace wires asap assuming that might be the problem

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