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Hi all,
I have been playing with a victa powertorque utility and have hit some problems. First I cleaned out the original mismatch carby (I had made it up from about 3 different ones) and reinstalled it with success. I mowed with it and it worked great for about 3 hours, stoping and starting fine, but then it stopped and would not restart. I eventually got it going again where it ran perfect. I then striped off the carby and replaced it with another that I had cleaned (this one was a powertorque match) and it did the same thing. It�s not spark, so im thinking it may lay in the way the carby is set up or possibly the decompressor.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Regards jay

Jay have you used the information in the parts list and manuals area of the forum because it has detailed info on the carby.

If you can post a video of it running I might be able to point you in the right direction as I can usually tell by the sound of the engine running if it is a decompressor or not.

Hi Bruce,
I will have a look and see what I can find in the manual area. Is there any sections / articles that you can point me towards?
I just liberated an early plastic carby (can�t remember what the very first plastic one were called) anyway will it still work on a power torque?
Thanks allot
Regards Jay

mowernut,

You should be able to get your information here in Victa Manuals area.

Take out the decompressor and check it it is very easy to do. suck on the end of the decomp. (the small black end of course and see if the valve shuts. It sould require next to no effort be will take a few seconds to pull in. If you are still worried replace the decomp for a spark plug and place the end of the vaccumm hose on the end of the plug to block of the hose so an air leak is not created.Test run the engine and see if it solves the problem. Ensure the decomp is replace after the quick test as I dont recomend this as a solution to you problem.

G'day,
On every other victa I have had I ended up taking out the decompressor for good, plugging the hole with a old spark plug and the carby with a tech screw. I will try taking it out and testing it, may as well relap it while in there!
Thanks allot
Regards jay