Yeah I would say you were lucky because carbon buildup is one of those things that is not talked about much or noticed that much but has been blamed for many problems. I myself had a catastrophic failure on a saw. It's no secret what clogging up the exhaust flow will do to an engine.Of all the O P E I've owned over the course of 50 years or more, not once did I have to remove any carbon build-up on anything.
Just lucky I guess..............
No problem glad you were able to get it cleaned out. The main cause of carbon buildup is just from a crappy oil or improper mixture so if it's for the most part clean then you're using a good 2-cycle oil and mixing it correctly if you were to have had a big build-up and got it clean that may have been the only time you would have noticed any difference in power.
That's possible. Was the spark plug looking like it had a white residue on the electrode.
Besides the spark plug being old that doesn't look too bad I do notice a little carbon deposit on the bottom rim but overall not too bad a little on the lean side it should be a light charcoal color but shouldn't have a significant amount of deposit on it. Warm the engine up for a couple minutes and then hold the throttle wide open at the same time take screwdriver and back out the high jet about 1/8 of a turn you'll hear the motor sightly decrease in RPM at WOP. A correctly tuned engine will have a four stroke fire in between the powerband with no load.The ground electrode was light tan
The ground electrode was light tan
