Honda Snapper 5.5 Self Propelled Mower?

I mow the lawn for my parents and I'm trying to figure out a problem I'm having with a mower. It was given to use a while back and now it only starts if the throttle is at half way for engine speed. If you put it lower it stalls and at higher its sputters. I think at this point it is the filter or line between the gas and where it enters the motor itself.

Have you checked the fuel for water? If that is not the problem and the fuel filter has been changed. Remove the screw in bottom of the carburetor bowl. Clean the orifices in the screw one vertical and one horizontal.

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