670 champ running fine then starving

[jacrawley]

My 670 champ has a newly rebuilt carb. It ran great through a tank of fuel. On the next use it would drop out mid cut and start to race at idle and bog on acceleration. Then it would recover and make it about halfway through a cut then repeat. I tried venting the tank cap to make sure it wasn't pulling a vacuum but no effect. I dumped the fuel and there was a few tablespoons of water at the bottom. Swapped that out and no change. Could I have jacked up the metering valve setting? It probably wouldn't hurt to swap the fuel filter. I haven't seen this kinda variable behavior before.

 

[cbfarmall]

Check the fuel line, impulse lines and manifold for air leaks. And it never hurts to double-check prior work.

 

[Woodtroll]

Did you drain the fuel tank when you rebuilt the carb? The water in the fuel is problematic, especially "a few tablespoons" worth. Whether it was in the tank already, or came out of the fuel can that you refueled with after using the first tankful, your fuel is now highly suspect and may have had other trash in it. If you're lucky you may be able to start over with dumping the fuel from the saw and your can and using a fresh mix from a clean source. If you're unlucky you may have to go through the carb again and clean it out.

As cbfarmall noted, it may not be fuel related at all, but with water in the fuel that's what I'd start with.