I. Had a issue with my Mountfield no gas problem was the brake lever on the handle being slightly bent so make sure it working correctly mine was missing firing found this fault last minute well happy
Thanks, that was the last thing to try before replacing the carb or taking my mower in for service. I did spark plug, air filter, cleaned the carb as well. I knew it was a fuel starve issue. I admit a little pride in fixing myself besides saving money. Service was going to be $200 and about 2 weeks in shop on backlog.
I have the same problem today. Have spent a couple of hours faffing around trying to troubleshoot. Ill check this out and report back if i can get it resolved this way.
i just cleaned my carb after sitting all winter, mower ran fine for 3 weeks then this happened! after checking everything removing the fuel pot was the last thing i did, mine doesn't have the wee holes but draining and refilling did the trick..next time i'm going here first!! 🤣 happy mowing
Mine just started doing this! Ivreplaced carb last year and it had been running great. Not sure I knew about this issue, but will check it this morning and hopefully have success. Was planning on taking it apart today and this may save me a lot of time!!! You are,absolutely right, homeowners need to be able to do some of these repairs. Great video that got right to the issue!
just finished the job....at first I was disappointed but then have numerous tries I remembered that I disengaged the spark plug (safety first)....put the cap back on the plug and away she went.... very helpful Derek
Cheers big sandwiches 🥪 You made my day. Very plastic bag in the wind type of thing if you know what ya neighbor means mate. Couldn't tell you how many frames I've been in without knowing about it! But Couldn't of done it without the peg on the line making big cheese . If you know what I mean
A great video, thanks! The carburetor jet on my Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine was indeed clogged as you described. The mower was my "spare" that I had not used in two years. I unscrewed the bowl, cleaned (blew it out with compressed air and sprayed it with carb cleaner), reassembled and test run all in about 10 minutes at no cost. Actually, the spare now runs better than the principle mower. Maybe I'll clean the jet of the principle mower next.
After giving my carb an ultrasonic bath, squirting with carb cleaner, poking through the jets with special carb brushes, it would only start with a squirt of carb cleaner. About to dismount it again and give it another bathing, although I could see plenty of juice in the filter, I nevertheless looked in the tank... empty. ... Just went out to see if it would work. It would!!
I've got a Toro recycler with this problem. If I hold down the prime button it will stay running but shortly after I let it off it dies. any suggestions ?
You just saved me a ton of time and grief! I am NOT mechanical AT ALL, and my mower was doing the stop/start thing as described here. I took off the bowl (which had some weird gunk in it) and ended up draining all the gas just to be safe. The thing runs like a top now! Thank you so much for this video! WHEW!
Thank you so much for the video. The scenario you made was exactly what was happening to my lawn mower. Thank you so much. I learned something new. Now, I don't have to go buy a new one, at least not anytime soon. I appreciate the help. 🙂