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Default Weirdness from my lawn mower

Kurt Ullman wrote:

If the tank and carb were not run completely dry before winter
then it is likely fuel related. Try some Sea Foam in your fuel.


It worked fine the first 6 weeks of the season. WHy start now?


The inferior gas/ethanol tends to build up a yellow gunk
inside carbs if not thoroughly emptied over the winter season.
All it takes is a small piece to break loose and give problems.
Sea Foam does a very good job of cleaning carbs. This is a
simple procedure you can do yourself and very cheaply.

It isn't very likely at all that you'd have any sort of electrical
failure on a mower that new.


I don't think I have anything electrical on the mower anyway.


SM has already corrected you on that issue.

If it's electrical it's going to probably be a trip to the shop as
it isn't likely from your posting that you'll be doing that yourself.

Other than an engine being simply worn out (or oil neglected),
nearly all problems come down to fuel or spark. And from
many years of mower experience -- it's a fuel problem 90%
of the time.