Thread: Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine started coughing, spluttering and backfiring, and stalling on the slightest load
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Default Briggs and Stratton lawn mower engine started coughing,spluttering and backfiring, and stalling on the slightest load
On 11/07/2020 22:16, Chris Hogg wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jul 2020 20:53:08 +0100, "NY" wrote:


Any ideas? Is it time to "get it looked at"?

Dirt in the fuel tank blocking a filter? There's a video on cleaning
the carb on your B&S 125cc 450e engine, here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_4MurQyBgU


I would clean the carburetor, particularly the jets. New ones are
quite cheap on ebay.


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