have had a problem with my honda mower for years. I took it to a mower repair man and he made it worse. eventually after a winter lay up it would not start so I decided to take a look myself with the help of this video and am so grateful for the help. the maim problem was that the guy who looked at it before when reassembling dropped one of the gaskets an one side.all good now thanks. I think it a bit radical but I cut away the top part of the plastic cover behind the air filter to more easily get to the idler screw and to assemble. just cover again with some gorilla tape.

Thanks for the video and keeping my "I found all of my yard equipment on the side of the road tradition" alive.

Excellent video. I like how you kept it simple and straightforward, not alot of excess talk, well lit and I really appreciate the camera not jumping all over the place. Thanks for the education.

Very good job on the video, you seemed to cover all the steps very well. I've done a few of these, and I learned a couple of hints and tricks from you. Just a suggestion: When I reassemble a carb onto the engine, I install temporary studs into the bolt threads of the engine (just finger tight), then reassemble in the proper sequence onto the temp studs. Then apply slight pressure towards engine, remove 1 stud and install a bolt, then remove the other stud and install that bolt. I think it makes the necessary reassembly steps easier than trying to hold it all together (especially when reconnecting the crankcase breather tub), getting things aligned, and install the bolts. Made the temporary studs by cutting the heads off some old carb bolts.

For the record this is May, 2017 and I found this video. Thank you, Thank you. I am mechanically minded but never tried to do anything with a carberator, even on my lawn mower. I have an Ex-cell Power Washer with a Honda GCV 160 engine that is about 15 years old. I just could not get it started. I replaced the shut off valve, the in line filter and still could not get it started. After looking at this video, I figured I would give it a shot. I do not have the cleaning machine you had in the video but with Purple Power Spray and hot water I was able to clean the entire carberator, reinstall it and now the power washer runs perfectly. Thank you.

Thank you! Watched this video and cleaned my carb with no problems. Mower is running like a boss again.

Sir I thank you so much for teaching me this. I am half way through doing mine right now. I have never been mechanical by nature. But this small task of taking off my carb and cleaning it and replacing is helping my confidence to do things I've been afraid to do before. Thank you very much sir.

If the emulsion tube is stuck you can easily push it out from inside the bore, FYI.

Thank you so much for making this video! I never would have had the confidence to do this without your help! My mower runs great again!

Excellent video - I wish every "How to" on KZfaq was this detailed.

After watching this video I was able to pull apart the carburetor on my lawnmower and fix the surging problem. THANK YOU for the excellent tutorial!!!

Fixed my cub cadet thanks to your video. Getting the throttle plate out of the way saved me big time!

I have always used pure original pine sol in my ultrasonic cleaner. Always does an excellent job of cleaning up the carburetor parts.

YES SIR!!!! Watched the sandwhiching a few times.. got my Honda GCV160 running after a thorough carb clean & replacement gaskets! THANK YOU SIR!!

Great video! When reinstalling the gaskets, carburetor and filter housing, all the components want to fall apart, so before you start the job, get two identical long bolts and cut the bolt heads off, then screw those headless bolts partway in, then thread all the gaskets, carb and filter housing on. With one hand holding pressure on the face of the filter housing, one at a time, remove and replace one headless bolt with the original bolt. Everything stays aligned and the job is done.

Nice video! A tip on reinstalling the carb: use skinny wooden dowels, chopsticks, etc, to line up each item like making kabobs. Then using the long dowels into the carb mount holes in the engine block. Then you can remove one dowel, run that bolt in, then do the other bolt. Keeps you from fighting all those individual components/gaskets/heat shield, airbox from slipping out of alignment.

Just finished my first ever carb clean on a honda izy and while i dont have a sonic cleaner this video has been fantastic for reference purposes, very happy sounding and running mower now so thanks very much for putting this on:)

I have watched a few "How to clean your mower carb" videos and this is by a long chalk the best i have seen. Clear instructions, purposeful without ruching and very useful. Cheers.

I cleaned my Honda carburetor following your instructions. It has never started easier!! Glad I had a ultrasonic cleaner!

Jeremy, followed your instructions and my mower runs like a champ! Thanks for making the video! Saved me some $$$.

Thanks for the video. I did my first carburetor “job” on my pressure washer engine that wasn’t running right.

This video helped me out greatly. I went from no start to hard start with surge then start first pull with no surge. And all I bought was some carb cleaner. Thanks you Sir

Excellent verbal tutorial with accompanying video illustration of how to clean Honda GC160 carburetor. It was truly a professional grade instructional video. Very well done. Thank you Sir.

thank you for the video I got lawn mower working because of it . I appreciate you taking the time out to show how to clean the carb . my mower was down for 2 years and now it's back .

Thanks for the detailed, no bs approach. You showed me my two mistakes I was making with this exact setup. It then worked first pull. Thank you.

Wanted to thank you for the step by step, My Honda, was leaking gas all over the place out of nowhere. It was hard to pinpoint from where, due to air cleaner assembly. I literally watched you, pause, work on mine, play..pause..etc. Runs like a new, just got it off the bench. I really appreciate your help. .

Awesome video! I went from getting ready to buy a carb on eBay to a working pressure washer in about 45 minutes! It's amazing, even with running it dry the last time I used it (several years ago), and using ethanol free gas, I still had a bunch of crusty varnish in the bottom of the bowl.

THANK YOU SIR !! Great video ! Hopefully now I will be able to get my lawnmower put back together tomorrow and hopefully working. I owe you a drink.

Thank you for this in-depth, high quality video! I fixed my mower!

I have a honda mower I bought last year, it sat over the winter and wouldn't start. Your video helped me out a lot now it's running. Thanks man!!!!

I really appreciate taking the time to do the video. With that said you didn't show which way the gaskets went on and in what order which was the reason I watched the video. Of course like many of us we forget the order thinking we will remember and then we get to it and the order is confused. I didn't remember which way the plastic piece when on it if I was putting it on the right way. The one I have is beveled and I couldn't remember if it went inward toward the motor or out , so I watch you and your hand was in the way so I didn't see. Every detail which is a pain I know but from each piece to each and every piece going on would have been helpful. Once again thanks for taking the time to do this, I don't want to sound ungreatful , the devil is in the details as they say

Excellent video. I have always just taken the bowl off and blown carb spray up into the jet. Now, I will follow your instructions and completely remove and clean the carb. Thanks.

Thank you this is the the video I needed to repair my wood splitter, It helped tremendously. Well done and have a great day!!

Good Video I tore my mower down to rebuild the carb but had a call out to a rig and was gone for 3 months and forgot how it went back together... your video help me get it back together in no time!!!

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to share. Great info regarding the coating on the carb and not to use a caustic cleaner. Off to soak mine in Purple Power. FYI: Simple Green, great stuff, does have one issue... it eats certain metals. Magnesium being one. If you want to soak metal in Simple Green for any period of time, get the Heavy Duty or aircraft version. They are the same... and they meet the Boeing standard for clean and won't harm metals. I had a magnesium bell housing get eaten by soaking it overnight... wasn't totaled, but it was chewed where it was soaking (wasn't meant to be soaking, just part was in the SG).

MowerMedic, your instructional video was fantastic, following your instructions fixed the problem I was having with my mower, it would start and run for about 2 minutes then die, you gave me the step by step, thank you, ultimately it was a little black bit in the main jet I poked it out with a wire strand.

Want to thank the medic. My mower was cutting off after it warmed up. Saw ur video on the mower with the same problem. Cleaned the carburetor like u showed. Mower back to normal operations. Thanks for ur videos...

Thanks for this video. It's been years since I stripped and cleaned a carb so this video was a great refresher to watch before I start. Best to you and yours.

Worked great for me. My air filter had popped off, and without my knowing it, I got dirt somewhere in the carburetor. It was a very new model with a few differences, but I followed your directions and everything works fine now.

This is EXCELLENT, Jeremy! Thank you so much!! I now have the confidence to begin taking mine apart.

Thanks -- that was very helpful. Got my motor back into running condition in an hour and a half!

Thank you for this video. It helped me to fix my lawn mower!

Cleaned a Older model Honda carb today that had been soaking in Gasoline bath submerged for three days , the worse I'd ever seen and cleaned . In some online videos on Utube they said in one video to not drill out the main jet , but this one was so bad that I had to use a mini drill bit to drill it out - it worked . It was either do or die . Couldn't get the jet tube out above the main jet either , just pushed the wire in and out . Well put it together , shocking - it's running great now .....Food for thought MB

Your video was the best, it took all the mystery out of the equation and made it much easier. Thanks. It saved me a big repair bill.

Great video, I found this trying to figure out my pressure washer... very helpful!

Thanks! The vid showed me a couple of things I missed when I cleaned mine. It starts fine after a rest, but only runs a few seconds. A full rebuild and clean (especially the air jet and needle valve) plus checking the fuel filter should do it.

Thanks so much for the video. I had the same problem with surging. I have a newer model so only two bolts. I was able to remove the carb and just use carburator and throttle cleaner and quickly squirt through each jet and reassemble. I filled the tank with gas and it started on the first pull and ran smoothly. It was easy thanks to you. My guess is the filter screen for the tank tore up and debris may have stopped up a jet. Otherwise everything on the engine was clean. I'm ready for the summer season now!

THANKS so much. I had a hard time getting the tube out but after i did i opened up all the jets with a fine file and put it together and the surging stopped right away thanks again great video

Une des meilleures vidéos réalisées sur le sujet !

I just changed my cab and your video held me a lot... thank you, merci

Awesome video! A neighbor was throwing this mower out, ran like crap. Cleaned the carb, replaced the gaskets now it runs like new!!

Extremely useful information very well presented. Thank you for all your efforts.

For a carb set up like that would of been nice of Honda used two long studs and nuts instead of long bolts. Would make life way better

Very detailed. It helped me figure out what I did wrong after cleaning and reattaching the carb. I had the carb on the right side of the choke lever. Thanks!!

I purchased a cleaner just like the one you use on sale at HF. It's one of the best tools I've ever bought. It has cleaned every carburetor I've ever put in it. It's so much easier than using carburetor cleaner. It pays for itself after two or three cleanings.

After cleaning the carb a couple times with spray cleaner with no results, I was about to take my woodsplitter to the mechanic. The use of the ultrasonic cleaner did the trick for me. You can get a functional ultrasonic cleaner on Amazon for

Thanks for the video and the tip I was searching for.. tapping carb to get main jet and emulsion tube out.... worked like a charm.... very thorough video...

To cure surging on my Honda Izy I removed the carb and unscrewed the main jet. I thought, wrongly, that the tube underneath had to be unscrewed in the same way, so I was unable to get it out. Thanks to this video I now see the carb should be banged on the cloth and the tube shaken out. I'll give that a try as I'm pretty sure the blockage is in the holes in that very tube somewhere. I have previously tried Sea Foam which provided a slight improvement but after a few minutes the surging returned. As for those confounded bolts that hold the carb and air filter to the engine body; I agree with you, they are a real pain. How much easier it would have been if studs from the engine block were used instead and you could slide all the items on and off one by one then secure the assembly with a couple of hexagonal nuts. Great video. Most helpful. Many thanks.

Thank you for the video. I'm 62 and have never done anything like this before. The instructions are very clear. Shops where I am in France will not work on your mower if you did not buy it there.

Working on the same attached to a pressure washer. Using what I had at had I soaked it in a solution 50/50 of Simple green and water for 6 hrs. (agitation provided via talking to it). Disassemble was straight forward, likewise the clean out of the orifice's. Now waiting for the third hand to grow to re-assemble. Thanks again. Narragansett Bay

Thank you for taking the time to make this video to help people like me!

These Craftsman mowers with the Honda engines are simply great mower and will last decades if you take care of them....

Jeremy, Nice video, you are a very good tech. I would make one suggestion though. You put the small parts (Jet's and emulsion tube) into the fuel bowl and then into the ultrasonic cleaner. This is a mistake. The fuel bowl is metal and blocks the ultrasonic waves. In other words the ultrasonic waves do not penetrate through the metal bowl, just through the small bolt hole, which has very minimal action. You should get a small small pyrex beaker and fill with the solution then place it in the bath. Or, search Google for Ultrasonic small pars baskets or holders. They have metal mesh screens which allow the ultrasonic waves to pass and reach parts. Best wave action is in the center of the bath, half way up from the transducers...

Hello sir, a little hint (or is it tip?) on reinstalling the carb: take two 6mm bolts with aprox 9 to 10 cm length (sorry for not calculating them to inches, allready late here) and screw them into the holes of the block. They need to be without heads ofc. I cut mine from a threaded bolt and carved some trenches into them to drive them with a flat screwdriver. Then put all the stuff - isolator, air shield, gaskets, carb, throttle plate and airbox - onto them. Press all of it against the block, remove one of the bolts and insert the original screw instead and tighten it just enough to hold. Repeat with the second bolt and screw the tighten both screws firmly and that's it. Best regards, Thomas

Excellent instructions that went great for me. It now starts like it's new!

Great tutorial with ample video/audio to share reasoning and precautions along the way. Nicely done!!

This really helped me out! This was the same carb that was on my pressure washer. Thanks!

This is a quality video. Always very helpful getting guidance from an expert.

Excellent, done by a real professional.

Nice. Great demo on how to clean these Honda carbs, thanks so much!

I have a 2007 model Honda push mower took mine apart yesterday pretty easy too do mine only had a slight surge she is fixed sad how some people treat their lawn equipment use it and leave it all dirty great video

Great video - I installed the gaskets wrong the first time and the mower started but was pulsing. After this video I nailed it.

Great video Jeremy, I can't wait to fix my lawnmower!

I've had a honda push mower with this engine for over 16 yrs now - never a problem with it. I have a E3 spark plug for easy start. it still runs really great.

Hey nice work I bought a non-running pressure washer for 50 bucks on craigslist. Watched this video only and had it running an hour later. Starts on a single pull and kicks butt! So 50 aquisition cost and less than 5 bucks for a can of brake cleaner and Im dancing! Thanks again!

Ultra sonic cleaner i have been using one for years with model airplane engines best tool i have purchased excellent video.Works great on mower carbs also thanks great video

Great video. I like knowing what I am working with before I start taking things apart. I worked on old 1950s 60s Porsches for many years and most of the slotted screws, not just the carbs take what is called a parallel ground screwdriver. If you look at it from the edge the driving surfaces are parallel rather than being wedge shaped. I have a bunch, gunsmithing screwdrivers also often have this type of tip. If you know anyone who plays electric guitar old strings work great to clean jets.

Just cleaned the carb in my pressure washer and the engine started on the second pull. Thanks!

Update after I got the Honda running , it was more or less a trash find . Woman sold the mover to me , but after finding out what a new bagger would cost me and it didn't have a side discharge I decided to sell it cheap $45.00 . Didn't make anything off of it especially when I bought a new starter for it online for $17.00 . It's fine it was a learning experience, and I'll look for another one maybe with a side discharge model . After wounding on this Honda - I think the Honda is the way to go . The carburetors are build better than the all the Competitors , like the all metal . I use to run a business of small engine repair some thirty years ago , just picking it up for a small side job since retirement. Cheers .....

Thanks for the vid. I got a new carb but the plastic choke piece was broken 🙄 so I just cannibalized the new one. I used 3/16 dowels in place of the bolts to keep it in place until I was ready to bolt it down. Didn’t have the fancy cleaner so blasted with carb cleaner in the spots you mentioned. First pull started and running like a charm!

Thanks my man! Just what I was looking for.

Great video! Thx! --- I have a zero turn toro that surges when I crank it, but after a few minutes and when i engage blade it stops and cuts the yard fine. Do you think that is still me problem?

petermca What a great video! Found my problem in a loose main jet. Thanks.

I have a Cub Cadet with this Honda motor and after watching your video I can service it now Ty sir.

I enjoyed the video I look forward to seeing more of these for videos of the repairs you're doing. Not that I don't like the tips. When I just enjoy for video of the complete repairs. Keep up the good job.

Great video. I did all that on my troy-bilt lawnmower with the honda engine with the 160 carburetor. It started right up but after running for 5 minutes i would shut it off and wouldn't start again until cold. (Notice it was running hot) I gap sparkplug and adjust the coil gap they where both off specs. After running 5 minutes i shut it off and wait 5 minutes it does start right up. I do notice a small engine surge but nothing like before.

Thanks for taking the time to produce this, very helpful!

Thank you so much for your time ! I am going to give it a try and hope to save some repair bills.CHEERS!

First off, Thank you for a great video ( all but forearms in the way as mentioned by other viewers) I have the exact motor as the one your working on in video , this spring it wouldn't start, this past spring ??? And I baby all my engines from outboard to mower to weedwacker to blower!!! Drain em in the fall ( bowl & tank both ) use Startron Fuel Stabilizer, keep plugs , oil new & clean , you get the picture, followed your video for taken apart & cleaning and it worked like a champ !!!! THANKS!!!!! But last week my wife decided to cut grass while I was working, AWESOME RIGHT ??? Wrong, she ( bless her heart ❤️) decided the under deck blade area needed cleaning, so she props the handle end under my boat trailer ( yep, she watches me and learns things ) BUT, SHE GETS OUT THE GARDEN HOSE AND BLASTS AWAY!!!! Doesn't tell me this, or the part that it wouldn't start again after she was done, so I'm like ok, water in gas ?? Drain it all , tank , bowl & lines, fill up with new , no start, shoot lil start fluid, fires up & dies, ?? Change plug, air filter & still won't start without a blast of SF. But cuts right off when SF is gone, take carburetor off, clean AGAIN , still no start , spray SF it starts then dies ??????? Please help any body ????

Helped me fix my power washer! You're awesome dude.

You got a good pair of hands and clear instructions buddy

Great video. Thank you. I have the same engine on my power washer. The carburetor was filled with white gunk not allowing the float to work. I don't have an ultrasonic cleaner, so I'll do my best cleaning with gas and engine starter. The old oil was like chocolate milk before I changed it. My guess is that water works its way into the engine. If I get it running, do you think I'll be OK or is it time for a new unit? Its not that old and I don't use it all too much.

Thanks for the video. Cleaned carburetor like you described. My mower runs very slow until it warms up and then runs fine. Any ideas on how to correct this?

Thank you, had exactly the same problem on my muck truck, now fixed.

Excellent video! Well done! Thanks for sharing

Hey the choke wire that goes to the black plastic lever on the carb does it hook up on the inside hole or the outside hole I've cleaned mine up still won't run wondering if I put the connecting rod to the wrong hole. Runs like a champ for a few seconds on spray but won't run otherwise. Thanks

thanks. i really needed this

Your the man, between you, double wide 6, and dony boy. I've learned a lot about small engines, free schooling. I'm an HVAC technician, got a degree and journeyman's licence, paid a lot of money for that.

HI and thank you for the video. I was given a new carburetor to install on my honda as the old one got eaten by ethanol gas. Now I have to prime it to start it but it runs great after that. It just won't start without priming it. Any suggestions?

nice video! helping me put mine back together after pulling carb and not sure what went where!