Honda not running

Bertrrr said:
I'm thinking this is a " gravity" fed carb from the fuel tank, if the tank is dirty and fuel not flowing, pull and clean the tank as well as the fuel lines., carb is probably contaminated still , Mark O is right on about replacing the carb if you're not experienced in tearing them down , easy to miss a stopped up jet or bad diaphram etc. If you don't clean the tank , your problems will continue going forward , also you should be able to blow through the fuel filter with out any restrictions
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Yes, this is a gravity-fed mower. I will go ahead and replace the carburetor because I'm sure I could have missed something while cleaning it. Thanks for the advice.
 
H.silv2 said:
Yes, this is a gravity-fed mower. I will go ahead and replace the carburetor because I'm sure I could have missed something while cleaning it. Thanks for the advice.
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I’m betting that will be the answer. Please let us know how it works out. Rooting for you!
 
I sold a cherry super clean Snapper RER on face trash market place. Tuned her all up. Lady bought it. Said it ran great for one day. Next day for her wouldn't start........

Went to her house. I pulled and pulled and pulled, no start. Cranked with the starter over and over and over. Choke was working perfect. Fuel was ON and flowing. Her son a 40 year auto mechanic was looking at it. Some how the spark plug died. He changed it out. I verified spark was good. Still no start.

After talking to the lady a while, she finally admitted she filled the tank with LAST YEARS, untreated E-10 junk gas that was for some standby generator. Last year meant to me last several years. Probably fresh gas on top of sour through the years.

Later, fresh gas and she fired off like a new one. I told her I would of NEVER even thought about selling anything that might of had one small chance of not working. She didn't believe me of course. Her son was like never put stale gas in anything. Funny thing this lady worked or works at Tinker Air Force Base on JET ENGINES. Doing this for 28 years plus. I was stunned she couldn't get the mower running.

Moral of this novel is try fresh gas.
 
slomo said:
I sold a cherry super clean Snapper RER on face trash market place. Tuned her all up. Lady bought it. Said it ran great for one day. Next day for her wouldn't start........

Went to her house. I pulled and pulled and pulled, no start. Cranked with the starter over and over and over. Choke was working perfect. Fuel was ON and flowing. Her son a 40 year auto mechanic was looking at it. Some how the spark plug died. He changed it out. I verified spark was good. Still no start.

After talking to the lady a while, she finally admitted she filled the tank with LAST YEARS, untreated E-10 junk gas that was for some standby generator. Last year meant to me last several years. Probably fresh gas on top of sour through the years.

Later, fresh gas and she fired off like a new one. I told her I would of NEVER even thought about selling anything that might of had one small chance of not working. She didn't believe me of course. Her son was like never put stale gas in anything. Funny thing this lady worked or works at Tinker Air Force Base on JET ENGINES. Doing this for 28 years plus. I was stunned she couldn't get the mower running.

Moral of this novel is try fresh gas.
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People often don’t realize how important fresh fuel is. Especially in 2-stroke handheld equipment. The smaller the engine, the less tolerance to old fuel, or fuel with a tiny bit of water in it.
 
Jets are nondiscriminatory when it comes to fuel. Any flammable liquid will be burned, and fast. So maybe her tech experience wasn’t helpful in this case.
 
Please let us know if replacement of the carburetor solves the problem?
It’s costs only $15. What’s your time worth?
 
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H.silv2 said:
I have a Honda lawn mower, model number HRR216K9VKAA, that won't run. It will start up, but almost turn over, but won't stay on. I've checked all of the fuel lines, changed the fuel filter, air filter, spark plug and cleaned the carburetor, and it still won't stay on. Any ideas as to what the problem could be?
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Hi, did you check the sparkcoil and the magnet if they are with rust there maid be a bad spark ore no spark. Clean the rust and try again. mcHarley
 
andrewslarge said:
Please let us know if replacement of the carburetor solves the problem?
It’s costs only $15. What’s your time worth?
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I just replaced the carburetor and it started up and is running great. Thanks for all the feedback. It's the reason the mower is running again
 
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