lawnmower problem, please help!

**jessman** · 04-29-2009, 07:12 PM

Have a lawnboy that takes the 2 cycle gas oil mix. HAd it about 6 years now.

Anways, I went to mow someone's lawn today, and it started out fine, but after about 20min, it spurted out.

I pressed the primer twice, and it started right up again, and ran for about 5min before spurting out of life again.

I pressed the primer once, and pulled the cord and again it started right up.

This went on for the rest of the lawn (about an hour) sometimes it would go for a good amount of time, sometimes it didn't even stay on for 1min.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

coleman mobile · 05-01-2009, 07:33 AM

Is it running really ragged?

k2skier · 05-01-2009, 10:26 AM

Sounds like a dirty card, water or debris is floating around and gets sucked up in the main jet, once it dies the debris falls out. Check the carb first.

**jessman** · 05-01-2009, 11:42 AM

yeah when I was mowing the neighbor came over to take a lot, and when he messed with the carborator (said it looked a little dirty) the mower seemed to run a lot longer (although it still died eventually, and then I was back to having it run for 10 seconds, dying, restarting, etc)

**Basementgeek** · 05-02-2009, 06:14 AM

Check to air vent on the gas cap. Gas tanks have to be vented to the outside air!! If there aren't it creates a vacuum, in the tank, and the engine will die because of fuel starvation.

BG

04-29-2009, 07:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
jessman TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 501 OS: Vista 32 bit	lawnmower problem, please help! Have a lawnboy that takes the 2 cycle gas oil mix. HAd it about 6 years now. Anways, I went to mow someone's lawn today, and it started out fine, but after about 20min, it spurted out. I pressed the primer twice, and it started right up again, and ran for about 5min before spurting out of life again. I pressed the primer once, and pulled the cord and again it started right up. This went on for the rest of the lawn (about an hour) sometimes it would go for a good amount of time, sometimes it didn't even stay on for 1min. Any ideas what could be wrong?

05-01-2009, 07:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
coleman mobile Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: wisconsin Posts: 7 OS: vista	Re: lawnmower problem, please help! Is it running really ragged?

05-01-2009, 10:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
k2skier Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Oregon Posts: 313 OS: XP Home-SP3 My System	Re: lawnmower problem, please help! Sounds like a dirty card, water or debris is floating around and gets sucked up in the main jet, once it dies the debris falls out. Check the carb first.

05-01-2009, 11:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
jessman TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 501 OS: Vista 32 bit	Re: lawnmower problem, please help! yeah when I was mowing the neighbor came over to take a lot, and when he messed with the carborator (said it looked a little dirty) the mower seemed to run a lot longer (although it still died eventually, and then I was back to having it run for 10 seconds, dying, restarting, etc)

05-02-2009, 06:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
Basementgeek Moderator, Home Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Central Ohio, USA Posts: 1,359 OS: XP Pro SP2/Vista Ultimate SP2 Blog Entries: 3	Re: lawnmower problem, please help! Check to air vent on the gas cap. Gas tanks have to be vented to the outside air!! If there aren't it creates a vacuum, in the tank, and the engine will die because of fuel starvation. BG __________________ Donating to the forum keeps TSF free for all. Proud member of ASAP