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Message started by rl153 on 12/01/14 at 15:44:07

Title: lawnmower
Post by rl153 on 12/01/14 at 15:44:07

I have an old lawnmower,it sat around for a while.The oil wasn't that nasty,I drained it.The gas was turning ,I draind as much as I could out,and added new gas with stabilizer and seafoam,and then pumped some into the carb with the bulb and pulled the cord.I didn't start it but I'm hoping the seafoam will help clean out the carb a little..Do you think its a bad ideaq to let the seafoam sit in there for the winter? I probably wont do anything else till spring.Thanks for any advice!

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/01/14 at 16:04:41

Id get it running, get it running Good,, let it get to Full Warmed up,, Then kill it, drain the tank as much as ya can, fire it up and run it till shes outta gas... OR, get it running, warm it up. Prove its running fine,, Kill it, top off the tank,,Defeat the cap vent, foil over the tank neck, then screw the cap on,, tons of ways to do it all, BUT, todays Gas isnt,, really, GAS O Lean..lene, lien, lent, whatever,, Useta just Park stuff,,

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by rl153 on 12/01/14 at 16:09:00

thanks,JOG

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by MnSpring on 12/01/14 at 16:34:41

657A7C7B6661506050687A763D0F0 wrote:

A-Yep, what he says !
Just a couple of, things to try;
Spark ? Then drain the tank, put in GOOD/REAL, gas,
Get hot, then change the Oil.
Next year, Yea go ahead and use the crap gas,
BUT, before you put it away, DRAIN the Carb,
DRAIN the gas, and store it DRY !

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by rl153 on 12/01/14 at 19:00:18

Thanks!

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by HondaLavis on 12/02/14 at 21:16:09

What kind of lawn mower, and how long has it been sitting? Is it one of the thousand Briggs and Stratton varieties that looks like this: http://www.barrettsmallengine.com/image/yardmachinesbriggsclassic.jpg

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by rl153 on 12/03/14 at 12:14:58

its a craftsman, techumsah 4 hp. its probably been sitting for over a year. the gas was discolored before i drained it. i'll probably never get this thing running, but its cold out now in ct and ,i got to wait for a warm day.

actually ,my other lawnmower which works good,is just like the one in your picture.

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/03/14 at 20:45:13

Ether is So much help. I have an old tiller that Needs carb work,badly... but,Once it's running,it bucks,misses and hits enough to get the job done.. so,I use it. But,you can keep your mower running on ether till the gas gets cleared out. Just squirt enough to keep it alive,don't try to rev it up on ether.

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by HondaLavis on 12/04/14 at 19:20:47

The one I mentioned will last for ever, but with ethanol fuels the diaphragm between the fuel tank and carb goes bad easily. Gee, we've never heard that story, before... ::)

I don't think the Tecumseh engines have a carb over tank design, so no diaphragms. Actually, now that I think about it how much seafoam and stabilizer did you add? If you overdo it, it won't really want to run. I've done that before.

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by rl153 on 12/05/14 at 07:46:28

I tried to start it ,and there was no spark. I used ether too. I put it out front of my house and someone took it. Oh well, thanks ,I think I still learned something.

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/05/14 at 21:12:57

I put it out front of my house and someone took it.

Dude! Thats just funny,.. Did you put it out, like, out by the trash or just out front or what?

Learned something, did ya? Like what? How to get rid of a troublesome mower?

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by old_rider on 12/06/14 at 09:21:44

I have one that has a plastic carb and it vapor locks soooo bad it actually gets COLD! It will run crappy and then die after awhile... I tried to work on it, but it eludes me as to what is causing the problem... so I just bought a new one last year.... the old one is sitting in the shed waiting patiently for me to fix it. :-?

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by rl153 on 12/06/14 at 13:49:08

Yeah I just put it out front,out by the curb,and someone took it. I probably didn't learn much, but I tried hard to get it started.It felt like I learned something. Mabee when to give up.

Title: Re: lawnmower
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 12/06/14 at 20:57:04

When to give up is a valuable lesson. I am still working on it. I'm considering giving up on it.