Honda - GCV160 honda gcv160

[Fred Hicks]

I have owned a lot of lawn mowers over the years. The Honda GCV160 engine on the Lowes Troy built model 11A-542Q711 lawn mower is the worst engine I have seen. Since brand new the engine burns rich (black smoke emits from the exhaust). The spark plug fouls up after approximately 15 minutes running, causing the engine to stop.

[dexter]

adjust the mixer screw on top of the carb.
turn the screw to about 1 1/2 anticlockwise.