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Hello All,

I've got a 680 Hydro I picked up a couple weeks ago.

The K301 seems to need some help. I've rebuilt the carb, cleaned it all out, replaced fuel lines and the filter.

The spark plug seems to be fouling itself quickly, all sooty. The motor will not respond to any throttle input, it seems as though its running out of fuel or spark. You can get it to go a little faster than idle, but not much. It almost seems like its only sparking every other time it hits TDC when you've got the throttle turned up.

Should I just be worried about replacing the plug, and hopefully all will be swell? I mean, I've cleaned it off a few times, carb cleaner, steel wool'd the snot out of it, made it all clean again, checked gap; it was smaller than .020" so I brought it out to .035" which is where I read it should be.