[Shop-talk] lawn mower motor woes

[Brian Kemp]

I second the fresh gas comment.  I bought a wood chipper at a yard sale 
at a price too good to pass up.  An earlier customer broke the pull 
string, so it was not running.  The seller told me it was fresh gas, but 
even after replacing the fuel lines and rebuilding the carb, I couldn't 
keep it running.  I drained the seller's gas and put in fresh gas and it 
ran fine.

If you live someplace like California, the gas goes bad pretty quick.  I 
always add stabilizer to my generator gas and my chipper gas if I'm not 
going to finish the tank.

Brian

On 7/5/2018 5:49 AM, Pat Horne wrote:
> How long since it was used?
>
> If it was not used recently I’d start with fresh fuel.
>
> Check plug for fouling.
>
> If it seems to have the same compression I’d rebuild the carburetor.
>
> Good luck
>
> Peace,
> Pat
>
> Pat Horne
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>
> On Jul 4, 2018, at 9:00 PM, john niolon <jniolon at att.net 
> <mailto:jniolon at att.net>> wrote:
>
> I've got a H.F. Predator 212 cc (6 hp) engine on my old 1980 Yazoo big 
> wheel mower that I use for trim work... It's about 2 years old and 
> performed flawlessly... even better than the Briggs before it.
>
> Today I choked it, pulled the cord twice and it fired up on the third 
> pull... opened the choke and started for the grass... it did seem to 
> smoke a little but I figured it was a little flooded. It ran about a 
> minute the kinda 'sputtered' backfired twice and quit.
>
> I cussed it and pulled a couple of times no go... then closed the 
> choke again and it fired off but died immediately... had no time to 
> play with it so the weed eater finished the trim .
>
>
> wondering what my trouble shooting should include ?? it's getting some 
> fire since it's trying to run... wonder if the backfires might have 
> done something in the carb...
>
> wondering where to start..
>
> thanks
> john

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