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B&S lawn mower stalls
My Briggs & Stratton Quantam XRM 6.5 hp engine on a Snapper body
stalls out. I prime the bulb 5 times, pull the rope and it starts right up. No sputtering, no coughing, no shaking, just smooth running. It lasts for just over 1 minute and then it calmly dies. If I prime it again, it will not start. I did it the next day and the same thing happened. I did not have the time to try to see how soon after dying that it would start. I have done this three times now. Had not had any problems with it previously. It was left out in a light rain for about a half an hour to an hour a few days before this started happening. Any ideas? |
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B&S lawn mower stalls
On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:28:04 -0500, "DanG" wrote:
First thing to try: Loosen the gas cap and see if it still does it. It sounds a bit like vacuum lock of the fuel system. If the loose cap fixes it, find the pin hole on your cap and clean it. Second thing to try: pull the air filter - will it run without it? -- Oren ...through the use of electrical or duct tape, achieve the configuration in the photo.. |
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On Sep 23, 9:03 pm, solidroque wrote:
My Briggs & Stratton Quantam XRM 6.5 hp engine on a Snapper body stalls out. I prime the bulb 5 times, pull the rope and it starts right up. No sputtering, no coughing, no shaking, just smooth running. It lasts for just over 1 minute and then it calmly dies. If I prime it again, it will not start. I did it the next day and the same thing happened. I did not have the time to try to see how soon after dying that it would start. I have done this three times now. Had not had any problems with it previously. It was left out in a light rain for about a half an hour to an hour a few days before this started happening. Any ideas? water in the gas, the water sits in the bottom until running vibration stirs it up and it wets the plug, look inside tank with flashlight or drain and refill. |
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On 9/24/2007 9:02 AM, beecrofter wrote:
On Sep 23, 9:03 pm, solidroque wrote: My Briggs & Stratton Quantam XRM 6.5 hp engine on a Snapper body stalls out. I prime the bulb 5 times, pull the rope and it starts right up. No sputtering, no coughing, no shaking, just smooth running. It lasts for just over 1 minute and then it calmly dies. If I prime it again, it will not start. I did it the next day and the same thing happened. I did not have the time to try to see how soon after dying that it would start. I have done this three times now. Had not had any problems with it previously. It was left out in a light rain for about a half an hour to an hour a few days before this started happening. Any ideas? water in the gas, the water sits in the bottom until running vibration stirs it up and it wets the plug, look inside tank with flashlight or drain and refill. You also should drain the float bowl on the carb. Many times the bolt holding the bowl to the carb is the pickup. If so it will have very small cross drillings partially plugged up. Clean these thoroughly. The amount of gunk you find may convince you to add a filter between the carb and tank. -- Ted I wasn't born in Texas but I got back here as soon as I could Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now. |
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