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    danmcvey Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 29, 2009, 11:43 AM
    Briggs and starton 18 hp v twin riding mower
    Can anyone help with this riding mower will not start gas does not leave the carb hoses are not clogged and carb has been cleaned 3 times filter is not clogged either
    Thanks in advance
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    Jun 29, 2009, 06:05 PM

    It sounds like you have no compression, thus no vacuum to pull the gas into the combustion chambers. Do you have vacuum on the carb throat?
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    Jun 29, 2009, 07:40 PM

    Hi,
    Got a model number; sounds like an opposed twin by the HP rating.
    Peace,
    Clarke
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