On Oct 5, 9:49*pm, lbbss wrote:
My lawn mower (Craftsman 6hp) starts fine and works for a bit but then
starts dying. * After trying this for a few times, then I have a
harder time to start it. * *When I prime it and keep trying to start
it, I check the spark plug and it is not wet from fuel, so maybe there
is a fuel problem. * I left it out side covered, but water might have
gotten in anyways. * *So I drain all the fuel and drained the
carburetor pan from fuel. * There was no water in the fuel. * I put
new fuel, check the spark plug too.
* * *The only other thing that I can think of is that 3 months ago, I
did hit something hard with the blade. * It was making a slightly
different engine noise for a month or so, but eventually sounded
normal I think. * *Any ideas what else I could try?

Its fuel or electrical, 2 minutes indicates when the carb is empty it
dies so a fuel passage or float, does it start whan you force gas in
by priming, then its fuel related. if more then a few minutes it could
be the ignition module, see if you get spark after it dies, probably
need a carb rebuild