Re: rec tech mower

On 4/11/2025 3:44 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.

Modern gasoline is a well known problem for small engines especially when left standing over a season.  I'm told the fix is to drain the tank then and run the engine until lines are all emptied before storage.
Yes, ether is both likely to start it and also the usual definitive test to know if it was in fact a fuel problem.
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