"John Keith" wrote in message
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My B&S powered mower has recently become very hard to start. In fact
the only way I've been able to start it is by spraying some starting
fluid into the cylinder. But once it is started it runs perfectly, no
misses, no RPM drops, etc. I recently had to completely drain the fuel
system as some water got into the tank but I've run a couple tanks
worth of fresh gas through the system. I do think the beginning of the
hard starting problem does correspond to the water in the fuel problem
so I think it is related. But I've run out of ideas to try to
eliminate the problem and would appreciate some suggestions from the
group.

Thanks for any ideas.


John Keith


Had the same problem. Inadvertently left the mower out in a rain storm and
it would no longer start afterwards.

Poured the gasoline out, and let the tank dry for a day or two.
Then filled the tank using a measured amount of "Dry Gas" or some such
additive.

Pulled the cord and the mower started first time and has been starting on
the first pull ever since.

The instructions on the can of additive say it will do no harm and in fact
may be beneficial to use a measured amount of the additive every time the
gas tank is filled.