On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 4:10:28 PM UTC-4, TimR wrote:
On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 3:08:27 PM UTC-4, Bob F wrote:
On 4/12/2021 8:06 AM, TimR wrote:
While mowing the yard yesterday the lawnmower made a clanging noise and quit.

Pulling the starter cord seems too easy now and I hear it spin longer than it should. And no, it doesn't start.

Should I give up on IC engines and buy an electric? I've certainly had my struggles with gas engines the past couple of years.

Did you regularly change the oil?
I was wondering about that. I'm pretty careful about oil, but when I checked it after the failure it was very dark.

Also, I ran out of gas halfway through the lawn, and had to take a break for a couple hours, because this mower ran well but never did want to start hot. I tried a bunch of times, then just let it cool off and it started fine.

(Of course I tried it again the next day hoping maybe it healed. Nope. Still pulls easy, still has the same amount of dirty oil, still doesn't start.)