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Re: MS290 won't run slow
« on: March 04, 2014, 10:38:43 pm »
Look for scoring on the cylinder and then I would check for an air leak.    The carburetor is pulling fuel or else it would not start and run at all.   Sounds like it is very lean from a bad air leak.
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