Re: rec tech mower

On 4/11/2025 6:58 PM, Shadow wrote:

On Fri, 11 Apr 2025 18:01:37 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

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.
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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.

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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.

  The only gasoline-motor utility at home is my chainsaw. And
the manual says to drain gasoline from the tank if it's not going to
be used for a few months.
So, that is probably the problem.
I assume the engine is 2-stroke and the OP is putting oil in
the right proportion?
Good idea to clean and re gap the sparkplug. Might be
carbonized.
And that's the extent of my knowledge of motor-thingies.
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Yes, ether is both likely to start it and also the usual
definitive test to know if it was in fact a fuel problem.

no A 4 Stroke lawn mower engine you don't mix gas and oil has separate oil compartment and dipstick
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Deacon Mark