I ruled that out by running my carby on a another mower and it idled perfectly. Also, I tried fuel in the spark plug hole without any success, so I'm leaning towards an ignition issue of some sort.

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Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	20/02/17 09:56 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	bigted	20/02/17 10:50 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	21/02/17 09:14 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	21/02/17 10:57 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	21/02/17 12:04 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	21/02/17 12:46 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	21/02/17 12:58 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	21/02/17 01:11 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	21/02/17 01:22 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	AVB	21/02/17 05:19 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	21/02/17 05:39 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	AVB	22/02/17 04:06 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	Gadge	22/02/17 08:48 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	AVB	22/02/17 11:38 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	21/02/17 07:23 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	Mowerfreak	21/02/17 07:30 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	21/02/17 09:30 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	22/02/17 05:37 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	22/02/17 09:55 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	22/02/17 10:57 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	AVB	22/02/17 11:28 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	Mowerfreak	22/02/17 06:09 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	Gadge	23/02/17 10:19 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	23/02/17 12:37 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	23/02/17 03:28 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	Gadge	23/02/17 05:02 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	23/02/17 05:10 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	Gadge	24/02/17 02:49 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	Mowerfreak	23/02/17 07:46 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	23/02/17 10:00 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	24/02/17 05:29 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	24/02/17 10:52 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	Renzo	24/02/17 11:23 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	24/02/17 11:42 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	Renzo	25/02/17 04:22 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	24/02/17 03:10 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	Gadge	24/02/17 04:08 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	25/02/17 02:14 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	CyberJack	25/02/17 02:36 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	25/02/17 07:58 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	06/03/17 09:57 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	06/03/17 10:46 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	06/03/17 12:04 PM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	13/03/17 08:11 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	NormK	13/03/17 08:58 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	Mowerfreak	13/03/17 10:44 AM
Re: Popping when starting engine after rebuild	greens_tuf	13/03/17 01:20 PM

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