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Sun, Jun 3, 12 at 20:30
| I ovefilled oil. Drained most all, removed the spark plug and pulled the cord 10 - 15 times. Yet it still is hard to pull whenever the spark plug is in place. What can I do to fix this lawnmower? |
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| It should be a Tecumseh engine BTW. Remove the air filter to see if it is saturated as well. Ground the spark plug wire and give it a few more pulls w/ the cover off. Once the oil level is reset and the spark plug is back in, a burst of carb spray in the carb throat will get it going quicker. It will likely smoke nicely for a few minutes. |
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- Posted by bill_kapaun Z8 Orygun (My Page) on Sun, Jun 3, 12 at 23:23
| I think Tom forgot to mention - Remove the spark plug first, before giving it a few pulls to blow all the crud out of the combustion chamber. |
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| Thanks Tom I will give that a try Monday. Yes this is a Tecumseh engine. As a check I am to 1. remove the spark plug. (Thanks Bill) 2. Ground the wire. 3. pull another 3 - 5 times. 4. Spray carb cleaner into the carb throat (where is that?) 5. Try to start it? |
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- Posted by bill_kapaun Z8 Orygun (My Page) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 14:31
| You might want to pull it more times. If it keeps spitting out gunk/oil, keep pulling. Remove air cleaner and the carb opening is obvious. IF the air cleaner has ANY oil contamination, replace. A restricted AC may allow the engine to run fine when NOT under load. |
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