Sounds like something with the carburator. Who made the engine?
Also, maybe it is still under warranty.
Jon
Cleaned the air filter yet?
Make sure the throttle linkage is clear of debris/dirt.
DAGS for "surging" or "hunting" and small engines. B&S has a pretty
good FAQ site that leads thru troubleshooting process.
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When I had that symptom it was diagnosed as a bad carb.
Between that, 2 bald front wheels, a dull blade and a broken blade
mounting bracket, I opted for new.
Couldn't be happier. Honda engine with an automatic choke. Starts with
one pull (or less) everytime.
Hopefully it'll do the same after being stored for it's first winter.
>snip<
> Couldn't be happier. Honda engine with an automatic choke. Starts with
> one pull (or less) everytime.
Careful there, it may start by just touching the pull handle. Approach
with extreme caution.
Joe
The "less" refers to restarting it while it's warm. A light half-pull
turns it over.
However, just to be safe, when not in use I remove the sparkplug and
store it here:
Before you do anything, put in a new plug. A plug can break down over
time, but still start and run. If that dosen't fix it, then you can
move on to other things like carb, timing (shear pin), valves and
etc..
Hank
That's familiar to me. It often means the gas tank is nearly empty. I
think the carburetor is set to run as lean as possible at normal speed.
If it gets too lean and the engine slows, the governor opens the
throttle, which enriches the mixture enough to prevent stalling.
If it's a bowl carburetor, I'd shut off or clamp the fuel line and
unscrew the screw at the bottom of the bowl and catch the gas to see if
it has water or crud. I'd make sure the jets in the screw are clear.
I'd open the fuel line for a moment to see if the flow from the tank is
ample and see if there is any water coming from the tank.
(Yeah, this is a pissing contest.)
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"Joe" <jbo...@aol.com> wrote in message
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One is supposed to run the engine until it runs out of gas, but even
that leaves some gas in the carburetor.
I'VE HAD GREAT RESULTS USING STA-BIL FOR THE LAST TWO FILL-UPS OF THE
SUMMER. ONE MOWER I DIDN'T USE FOR 18 MONTHS AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP.
I would never go into winter or fall without using it.
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"Jeffy3" <jef...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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re: "My Honda starts when it hears my foot steps"
My Honda starts when I think about mowing the lawn - and then does it
for me.
re: "Yeah, this is a pissing contest"
I peed twice.
That's exactly what my Craftsman did. It had quite a bit of water in
the fuel bowl. No idea how it got there. A week earlier it had been
running perfectly.