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Lawn Mower Issue
Posted on 7/4/24 at 4:12 pm
Posted on 7/4/24 at 4:12 pm
My lawn mower will not run unless this flap on the carburetor stays shut. However, it does not stay shut unless I force it shut. Any ideas how to repair this? TIA
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Posted on 7/4/24 at 4:54 pm to LSUTiger23
Disassemble the carb and clean it. Fuel is blocked.
Posted on 7/4/24 at 5:13 pm to LSUTiger23
You are activating the choke, like Cotton said needs cleaning bad.
Posted on 7/4/24 at 5:19 pm to Barneyrb
Adding Marine Stabil to your lawnmower gas tank will help keep the carbs clean going forward.
Also, ethanol free gas helps as well.
Some say doing both of these things is redundant and they are correct but I do both anyway and my mower carbs don’t give me any trouble.
Also, ethanol free gas helps as well.
Some say doing both of these things is redundant and they are correct but I do both anyway and my mower carbs don’t give me any trouble.
Posted on 7/4/24 at 5:50 pm to LSUTiger23
Ethanol gas? Stop using ethanol if you can and you will not have these issues.
Posted on 7/4/24 at 6:51 pm to LEASTBAY
That and every 6 months empty your can into your truck and get a fresh batch if you haven’t cycled thru it by then.
Posted on 7/4/24 at 7:27 pm to DTRooster
Awesome. Thanks everyone!
Posted on 7/4/24 at 7:42 pm to LSUTiger23
Get on the web. May be able to get a carb for next to nothing and swap it out.
I was given a Honda pressure washer that wouldn’t run because it sat too long. I took the carb apart, full of tar and crunchy shite, couldn’t get the main jet out or blow thru it. Got a Honda carb off Amazon for like 20 bucks and been using it for about 5 years now
I was given a Honda pressure washer that wouldn’t run because it sat too long. I took the carb apart, full of tar and crunchy shite, couldn’t get the main jet out or blow thru it. Got a Honda carb off Amazon for like 20 bucks and been using it for about 5 years now
Posted on 7/4/24 at 7:46 pm to DTRooster
You can buy Yamaha carb cleaner and soak the carb in that for a coupling hours. Will probably need a carb kit too. Sometimes cheaper to just buy another carb
Posted on 7/5/24 at 12:23 pm to White Bear
Uncle came to our shop one day and said his fuel pump went out on his pickup. Towed it into our shop pulled the bed off pulled the fuel pump out of the tank and the tank was bone dry.
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