How To Tune Up Your Lawn Mower - Ace Hardware 

How can you run the engine oil out if the engine doesn't want to start in the spring.

@@reneeworkman9987 Take good care of it and it'll start in the spring...

@@reneeworkman9987 Change the oil in the fall before you put the mower away for winter. Run the gas out - the oil is nice and warm, then dump the oil and put fresh oil in. Don't let that old oil sit in your mower all winter.

Just use DW40 on the bolts or grease that loosens the bolts then you can buy a block to wedge the blade so it doesn’t move then use the socket wrench to take off the bolt!

Hi Braeden, good question! A lawnmower's carburetor can get grime and lawn debris in it. Applying a small amount of carburetor aerosol spray directly to the device is enough to clean it and improve its function. We did not show it on this maintenance since the carburetor cleaning varies based on lawnmower usage. For this particular lawn mower it was not time yet. Hope that helps! Gives us a great idea for a future video!

Let the mower run dry with that gas, easiest way

Just buy a plastic pump to syphon all the gas out of the engine. You should be able to pump and have a plastic bottle or another plastic container to hold all the gas in.

As for the oil just buy a oil pan that holds 7 quarts of oil and get a separate one for the gas because you don’t want mix the oil and gas together. You can definitely take the old oil to Autozone the gas I’m not sure where to take that. Buy a syphon pump for the gas to drain out and tip your lawnmower over to drain out the oil. Do both steps separately!

Take the hose off of the carb by removing the pressure ring with a pair of pliers. Drain into a gas can to use later. If you are changing the air filter this is a good time to do that with the filter out of the way. Depending on where you live, some garbage/ recycling depots have drop off for old oil. Some may charge for the service. Some big box automotive stores will take and recycle old oil so just call around.

Hi Gordon, If it’s a 4 cycle engine regular gas. If a two cycle engine then a mix. Hope this helps!