The lawn mower has actually been used numerous times since and ran sluggish, but now, the crank is locked and the cord won't pull. I already pulled the spark plug, drained the oil from there and cleaned the spark plug, but now it will start, run maybe 10 or 15 seconds, puff out a lot of white smoke which I know is the oil burning off, but what else do I need to take apart or clean or do to get it to run again?
2006-09-07 09:52:15 · 11 answers · asked by S F 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
carbuettor take apart and clean
2006-09-07 09:54:04 · answer #1 · answered by chris s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question makes no sense. If the "crank"?? is locked and the cord won't pull, then your action of pulling ghe spark plug, draining oil, and cleaning the spark plug would do absolutely nothing to make the crank become free and the cord more pull-able.
Running 10 to 15 seconds is a sign that your carb needs rebuilt. It is probably not caused by the oil in the gas but rather it is coincidence. What is happening is that when the engine is primed (Or self priming if it is the case) that is enough gas to get it running for a few seconds but then the dirty carb or leak in it is causing insufficient fuel flow so the engine dies.
Get a carb rebuilt kit for that particular engine make and model, and carb cleaner. Disassemble it, clean it, replace all parts with those in the carb rebuild kit, and it should run okay again. You need do nothing more than dump out any fuel that has oil mixed in, put fresh fuel in, and make sure the oil reservoir on the engine is filled to the correct height, and it may be a good time to change that oil too as air cooled engines are hard on oil to begin with but even worse when burning oil in fuel as the blow by gasses will contaminate the oil.
2014-03-19 17:29:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drain the gas tank and refill with unleaded gas.
Replace or wash & reoil the foam air cleaner.
Get a can of Gumout carbureutor cleaner (or equivalent) and spray all around the carb and butterfly valve. Restart the engine with out the air cleaner (you might need to keep the butterfly valve open with a screwdriver) and rev it up and down, lightly spraying Gumout into the carb.
This should do the trick.
Be very careful to not get any gas or Gumout on the muffler - fire is a not a good thing for lawn mowers. You might even want to rinse the engine with cold water - but make sure it is cool to touch.
2006-09-07 10:08:20 · answer #3 · answered by Tom-SJ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to get the oily residue out of the carburator and engine. Take off the air filter and liberally spray carb cleaner into the carb. Then pour some gas-line antifreeze into the carb and pull the cord a few times WITHOUT the plug in the engine. Put the plug back, put fresh gas in the tnak and a few drops into the carb. Now try starting it. It will be hard starting and will run rough but, as it keeps running, it will get better.
2006-09-07 10:06:44 · answer #4 · answered by smgray99 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The oil mix didn't do this...... sure it would smoke (may foul the plug) but the oil won't stick or stay around in the carb.... fresh gas will severly dilute it and take it on out........
Now the locked up part... was the ENGINE oil full (to the mark?)
IF you had to drain the oil from the combustion chamber..... it sounds as though the float got stuck (again, not from the gas/oil mix) and allowed gas to freeflow into the cylinder and crankcase..... check and smell the oil for gas.... replace if it is...
Wait a minute.... after re-reading your post..... I can see (and have many to call it such) where someone could call where the engine oil normally goes (crankcase) the engines tank..... (IE: not gastank)
2006-09-07 18:02:08 · answer #5 · answered by 572ci. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mention a few important things, like did it run fine before this happened? Did you run the engine with the mixed gas, and if so how long? Take the fuel line off and clean that out by spraying carb cleaner or starting fluid through the tube. Put back on. Take off fuel filter and do clean the same way, with carb cleaner or starting fluid. Put back on. If you ran the engine with the mixed gas for too long and it died out, you might have some internal engine damage. Doubt it, but maybe. Plus, how did you clean the carb, did you actually take it apart? If so, did you put it back together correctly? Did you really blow out the tiny little idle jets in there? Try cleaning the carb again.
2016-03-27 01:50:51 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You aren't running the engine with no oil in the crankcase are you? That'll seize the engine.
If oil level is correct and fresh gas in the tank, then:
Add some Gumout in the tank, and spray into the air intake, that'll clean out the carb. Spray intake with starting fluid (ether) and it'll smoke like a motherf____r. But the oil will burn off.
2006-09-10 10:32:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try some carburator cleaner, then when you have the mower cleaned out, the last thing is to change out the plug.
2006-09-07 10:03:54 · answer #8 · answered by Jeffrey S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
run good clean gas thru it.By running mixed gas all you did was over lubricate the engine.So empty the gas replace the plugs and run better fuel in it that should fixer up...
2006-09-07 10:27:13 · answer #9 · answered by Dave 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
clean the carb and wish for the best, use carb cleaner and compressed air
2006-09-07 13:05:32 · answer #10 · answered by Boxer Lover 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋