about 3 seconds after it starts
2006-08-05 15:13:37 · 9 answers · asked by tammie b 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Everyone here has made good suggestions, my advice would be follow all of them. First off, rebuild the carburetor, most kits are only 5-10 bucks, Carquest has a good small engine parts selection, just take in your Model #, Type #, and Code #. These are usually found either in a label on the blower housing (the part that the recoil starter is attached to) or stamped directly into the housing itself. Just copy all the numbers and a decent parts guy can figure out the rest. Once you have the carb rebuilt, drain all of your old fuel and pour some new fuel through the tank, not much, with the fuel line disconnected to flush the line out. If you have an old fuel can, more than 4-5 years, spend the $6 and buy a new one. Plastic breeds condensation and once you have a contaminated fuel can, its just easiest to replace it. Put a fresh plug and a clean air filter in the mower and you should be good for another couple of years. Also, don't keep gas more than 30 days, it gets old quick, and the smaller the amount, the quicker it turns.
2006-08-05 20:15:59 · answer #1 · answered by sixfour76 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was running recently, there is water in the fuel.
Remove the carburator bowl nut in the bottom of the carburator.
Remove the bowl, dump it out, put it back on, and install the bowl nut.
Check your fuel tank for water too...and your gas can......
If it hasn't run in a long time, you may need a new carburator form old gas gumming everything up.
2006-08-05 22:22:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Defintely a fuel problem. Remove gas tank and carburetor, remove carburetor from tank. Rinse tank out with fresh gas if there is any sludge , water, or grass in it. Check pick up screens on carburetor stand pipes. Disassemble carburetor and blow out all holes with carb cleaner. Put everything back together and try.
2006-08-06 11:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by toomuchtime 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
May need to change the filter in it. Or like some others may say. Put gas in it. Thats not me though. Good luck.
2006-08-05 22:18:36 · answer #4 · answered by Silverstang 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a flooded spark plug. Try taking your spark plug out and drying it off, if that don;t work then clean out your gas tank and check ur air filter. If that doesn't work then take your carburetor off and clean it out. Good Luck.
2006-08-06 01:24:59 · answer #5 · answered by obberdee2006 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like your fuel filter needs to be changed. Or could be a clog in the fuel line.
2006-08-05 22:20:34 · answer #6 · answered by flfox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine was doing that. i toke apart the carborator and cleaned it then put it back together and ran fine. could also be bad gas. try dumping the gas tank first and replacing it with new gas
2006-08-05 23:49:45 · answer #7 · answered by golfnutsjosh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CHANGE THE AIR FILTER. DRAIN THE GAS AND MAKE SURE THERE IS NO JUNK IN YOUR TANK AND FUEL LINE.
2006-08-05 22:19:26 · answer #8 · answered by dm23805 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the filter in the carb.mine does the same way,and its my carb.
2006-08-06 03:13:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋