m Ransley wrote:
Your float is stuck, rebuild the carb and flush out the gas by having 2
oil changes, dont run it it is now lubbed by gas, take out the plug and
crank it likely its full of gas too. if you still want to mow keep the
gas shutoff till you are ready to run it, but change the oil, run it 1
minute and change it again. Stop after a few minutes to see if oil level
is going up, if it is just stop for the year. It should only happen ,
the flooding, when the motor is stopped, but running with diluted oil
will kill a motor.

Be absolutely sure that the plug wire cannot spark against anything
while you are cranking it. This happened to me last spring. If there
is gas in the cylinder it comes out in a fine spray. One spark and you
would have a flame thrower. After the oil change, etc., I installed a
gas line shutoff valve. They are cheap.

Harry K