[Billy Hill]

I have a craftsman 6.25 gold self propelled lawn mower with a briggs and stratton engine. It will only start with starting fluid but runs good after starting. Can you tell what the problem might be?

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On 12/21/20 1:27 PM, Billy Hill wrote:
I have a craftsman 6.25 gold self propelled lawn mower with a briggs and stratton engine. It will only start with starting fluid but runs good after starting. Can you tell what the problem might be?

Are you closing the choke ? Does it have a primer bulb ?

[Dean Hoffman[_17_]]

On 12/21/20 12:27 PM, Billy Hill wrote:
I have a craftsman 6.25 gold self propelled lawn mower with a briggs and stratton engine. It will only start with starting fluid but runs good after starting. Can you tell what the problem might be?

My first guess would be the choke not closing. A just for fun
question
would be "Have you checked your air filter lately?"

[devnull[_15_]]

On 12/21/2020 1:27 PM, Billy Hill wrote:
I have a craftsman 6.25 gold self propelled lawn mower with a briggs and stratton engine. It will only start with starting fluid but runs good after starting. Can you tell what the problem might be?

Maybe auto-choke not working?

Maybe dirty carburetor?

[Clare Snyder]

On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 10:27:05 -0800 (PST), Billy Hill
wrote:

I have a craftsman 6.25 gold self propelled lawn mower with a briggs and stratton engine. It will only start with starting fluid but runs good after starting. Can you tell what the problem might be?
bad primer or chike? Bad starting procedure? or possibly plugged idle
circuit - runs great at speed - but would not idle if there was an
idle setting (which many do not have) The idle circuit is necessary
for starting

[trader_4]

On Monday, December 21, 2020 at 1:27:12 PM UTC-5, Billy Hill wrote:
I have a craftsman 6.25 gold self propelled lawn mower with a briggs and stratton engine. It will only start with starting fluid but runs good after starting. Can you tell what the problem might be?

You can find replacement carbs for most engines like this for ~$15 on Ebay.
Whatever is wrong it's likely in the carb. You could take it apart, inspect,
clean. But then you'd need a carb rebuild kit with gaskets, needle valve, etc.
And they cost $5+.

[TimR[_2_]]

On Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 8:47:07 AM UTC-5, trader_4 wrote:

You can find replacement carbs for most engines like this for ~$15 on Ebay.
Whatever is wrong it's likely in the carb. You could take it apart, inspect,
clean. But then you'd need a carb rebuild kit with gaskets, needle valve, etc.
And they cost $5+.

I didn't know that until our discussion here on another thread. I did exactly that, bought a carb for a Toro Recycler on Amazon this past summer, about $20 I think. Unbolt the old, bolt on the new, everything fit, everything was included, it started perfectly and ran the whole season.

At that price it isn't worth rebuilding. Probably should get a spare.

Now I've collected a couple of non running Ryobi 4 stroke weed wackers, I think I'll try the same on one of those. Both are missing fuel lines and the carb looks trashed, one pulls pretty easy and the other not so much. I've been using corded electrics but this would be easier if it works.

[Dan Espen[_3_]]

TimR writes:

On Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at 8:47:07 AM UTC-5, trader_4 wrote:

You can find replacement carbs for most engines like this for ~$15 on Ebay.
Whatever is wrong it's likely in the carb. You could take it apart, inspect,
clean. But then you'd need a carb rebuild kit with gaskets, needle valve, etc.
And they cost $5+.

I didn't know that until our discussion here on another thread. I did
exactly that, bought a carb for a Toro Recycler on Amazon this past
summer, about $20 I think. Unbolt the old, bolt on the new,
everything fit, everything was included, it started perfectly and ran
the whole season.

At that price it isn't worth rebuilding. Probably should get a spare.

Now I've collected a couple of non running Ryobi 4 stroke weed
wackers, I think I'll try the same on one of those. Both are missing
fuel lines and the carb looks trashed, one pulls pretty easy and the
other not so much. I've been using corded electrics but this would be
easier if it works.

Battery driven is the way to go.
Especially for a weed whacker.

--
Dan Espen