Re: rec tech mower

On 4/11/2025 1:44 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:

Ok this is a good crowd for the issue but not a bike. My walk behind Troy Built self propelled mower won't start. It is a no choke you just pull and it supposed to start. Well it has been maybe 5 months right in the garage. The fluid is ok and the mower only has 2 season on it new 2 years ago. I keep pulling and smell gas but won't really catch or seem to get close. I read the manual and seems probably a carb issue and got to take apart and clean it. I don't want to I just want to get it started and it should work for the season.
 I tried dabbing some gas in carborator where I took off filter. No luck do you think starting fluid sprayed direct will get it going. Give me any real world tips the videos of this are just a pain the ass and I want to quick start knowing once it gets going it will.

Just tried to start a small generator. Starting fluid gets it going for a few second, but that's it.
It's likely that old gasoline has clogged the carb with varnish. I removed the carb yesterday and need to buy some fresh gasoline to soak it in.
The manual warns that old gasoline left in the tank will eventually cause clogging and says to use fuel stabilizer if it's stored with gasoline in the tank.
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