TomSelleckNumber1Fan
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Hello all. Maybe someone can help me out here.
At the end of last season I bought a 22 inch Murray push mower model number 22511X92B with a Briggs and Statton engine model number 12H802-2384-B1 off a guy on Craigslist. The mower was manufactured in 2001. It the type of engine with a float bowl carb.
It ran fine last season, but all this year it has been giving me trouble. At the end of last season I ran it out of gas, but that's all I did to winterize it. This spring the mower wouldn't turn over, so I changed the oil, air filter, and spark plug. After that didn't work, I put a brand new carb on it, and then it ran again.
The next time or two I tried to use it it idled strangely (the idle was constantly up and down) until finally it started to idle really slowly. The idle was slow enough that the second you put it on the grass it would die.
The fix I used for this was I took the engine cover off, pulled the gas tank back and cleaned the 12 years of accumulated dried vegetation and other gunk off of everything I could access, paying special attention to the linkages connecting to the throttle. After I did that it ran great for one more mow.
This morning I started it up (it would do that think where it would start, run for 2 seconds, then stop. Start, run for 2 seconds and stop, and after 3 or 4 times of that it cranked up to full speed), and it ran strong for about 15 minutes. Then it started to idle really slowly again. At this point I figured maybe I had water in the fuel, so I drained the gas tank, fuel line and carb. I filled my gas can up with fresh gas, and filled the tank up. Now it won't start at all.
Does anyone know what the fix to this problem is? I'm at my wit's end here. I don't know a lot about small engine repair to start with, so I don't really know how to best trouble shoot this problem.
Why would it run slowly before fresh gas, and now that there's fresh gas it won't turn over at all?
The fuel line from the gas tank to the carb is pretty chewed up looking from A) being 12 years old, and B) me clamping it off so many times this year while attempting repairs. But whenever I take the clamp off, the fuel always runs fine. Could that be the culprit, or is it something else?
Thanks for any help you can give me.
At the end of last season I bought a 22 inch Murray push mower model number 22511X92B with a Briggs and Statton engine model number 12H802-2384-B1 off a guy on Craigslist. The mower was manufactured in 2001. It the type of engine with a float bowl carb.
It ran fine last season, but all this year it has been giving me trouble. At the end of last season I ran it out of gas, but that's all I did to winterize it. This spring the mower wouldn't turn over, so I changed the oil, air filter, and spark plug. After that didn't work, I put a brand new carb on it, and then it ran again.
The next time or two I tried to use it it idled strangely (the idle was constantly up and down) until finally it started to idle really slowly. The idle was slow enough that the second you put it on the grass it would die.
The fix I used for this was I took the engine cover off, pulled the gas tank back and cleaned the 12 years of accumulated dried vegetation and other gunk off of everything I could access, paying special attention to the linkages connecting to the throttle. After I did that it ran great for one more mow.
This morning I started it up (it would do that think where it would start, run for 2 seconds, then stop. Start, run for 2 seconds and stop, and after 3 or 4 times of that it cranked up to full speed), and it ran strong for about 15 minutes. Then it started to idle really slowly again. At this point I figured maybe I had water in the fuel, so I drained the gas tank, fuel line and carb. I filled my gas can up with fresh gas, and filled the tank up. Now it won't start at all.
Does anyone know what the fix to this problem is? I'm at my wit's end here. I don't know a lot about small engine repair to start with, so I don't really know how to best trouble shoot this problem.
Why would it run slowly before fresh gas, and now that there's fresh gas it won't turn over at all?
The fuel line from the gas tank to the carb is pretty chewed up looking from A) being 12 years old, and B) me clamping it off so many times this year while attempting repairs. But whenever I take the clamp off, the fuel always runs fine. Could that be the culprit, or is it something else?
Thanks for any help you can give me.
