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Need help with lawn mower
On May 14, 11:39*am, ritpg wrote:
I have a 6 year old White LC210 push mower which has been terrific until now. *It has a 6.0 HP B&S Quantum engine that includes a shut off key. *Symptoms: *mower runs for a few seconds until the prime is burned off and then stops. *Background: *I've been using the mower with no problem this year (so that probably rules out bad gas which I replaced with a fresh fill anyway). *I may have changed the position of the shut off key (but then restored it). *I have checked the plug and air filter and don't see any problem. *I have replaced the gasket between the carburator and air cleaner to no avail. *I removed the carburator and did not see anything unusual. *When I changed the oil at the beginning of the season by flipping the mower upside down (can't get to the oil plug without out removing the engine from the deck - my only serious problem with the design so far), some oil leaked into the air cleaner. *I replaced the filter and have since used the mower with no problem although there was some smoke until the oil residue had been burned off. The only thing that occurs to me as I sit here is that when I moved the shut off key, I did not get it back to the correct position. *I'm not sure what this key does. *If it stops the flow of gas, than I may need to play with the key. *If it shuts off the spark, then I doubt that it is the problem since I can get it to run, just not beyond burning the prime. *Looks like I need to take a closer look at the shut off key mechanism. *Any thoughts? Thanks. Well, despite all the much appreciated help I received here, I gave up and delivered my White lawn mower to the place where I bought it. And $57 and one week later, I have my beloved mower back and running like new. I'll never know what they did to it to get it to run. I asked and was told that the carb. was very dirty. I don't doubt that there was dirt somewhere but "very dirty"? I don't think so. Not after I was done cleaning it? I obviously missed something but that carb. was not "very dirity" when I turned the mower in for repair. I was talking to a friend about my experience and he said that the vaste majority of the time, it's the screw that secures the bowel to the carb. that's at fault. I did not pay much attention to this screw when I cleaned the carb. I has holes in it thru which the gas flows. I'll certainly look more closely at this next time. BTW, I was not aware of how much the performance of the mower had degraded. At high speed it feels like I have to run after the mower to keep up. And it's getting thru grass that used to cause it to bog down. Life is good. Thanks again for all the help. |
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Need help with lawn mower
On Jun 2, 11:28*am, ritpg wrote:
On May 14, wrote: I have a 6 year old White LC210 push mower which has been terrific until now. *It has a 6.0 HP B&S Quantum engine that includes a shut off key. *Symptoms: *mower runs for a few seconds until the prime is burned off and then stops. *Background: *I've been using the mower with no problem this year (so that probably rules out bad gas which I replaced with a fresh fill anyway). *I may have changed the position of the shut off key (but then restored it). *I have checked the plug and air filter and don't see any problem. *I have replaced the gasket between the carburator and air cleaner to no avail. *I removed the carburator and did not see anything unusual. *When I changed the oil at the beginning of the season by flipping the mower upside down (can't get to the oil plug without out removing the engine from the deck - my only serious problem with the design so far), some oil leaked into the air cleaner. *I replaced the filter and have since used the mower with no problem although there was some smoke until the oil residue had been burned off. The only thing that occurs to me as I sit here is that when I moved the shut off key, I did not get it back to the correct position. *I'm not sure what this key does. *If it stops the flow of gas, than I may need to play with the key. *If it shuts off the spark, then I doubt that it is the problem since I can get it to run, just not beyond burning the prime. *Looks like I need to take a closer look at the shut off key mechanism. *Any thoughts? Thanks. Well, despite all the much appreciated help I received here, I gave up and delivered my White lawn mower to the place where I bought it. *And $57 and one week later, I have my beloved mower back and running like new. *I'll never know what they did to it to get it to run. *I asked and was told that the carb. was very dirty. *I don't doubt that there was dirt somewhere but "very dirty"? *I don't think so. *Not after I was done cleaning it? *I obviously missed something but that carb. was not "very dirity" when I turned the mower in for repair. *I was talking to a friend about my experience and he said that the vaste majority of the time, it's the screw that secures the bowel to the carb. that's at fault. *I did not pay much attention to this screw when I cleaned the carb. *I has holes in it thru which the gas flows. I'll certainly look more closely at this next time. BTW, I was not aware of how much the performance of the mower had degraded. *At high speed it feels like I have to run after the mower to keep up. *And it's getting thru grass that used to cause it to bog down. *Life is good. Thanks again for all the help.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I really need to proof my posts beter. Of course I meant bowl, not bowel. |
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