Did I break this mower?

[Carscw]

How is that? How does it work?

Man I don't know how it works.
It's in the manual. Yes I did read the whole thing.

My thinking was if it won't let it start why won't it shut it down?
I'll have my wife find it and post a pic of what It says

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

 

[Carscw]

Ok looks like I did not read it correctly.
It's said MAY not WILL

that would be my dyslexia kicking in.





(( cowboy up and get over it ))

 

[Fish]

Well, if it is a float shutoff, I guess it could be fooled by splashing oil, but the mechanism should be pretty much straightforward...

 

[Tom59]

I'm thinking a one month old mower doesn't use much oil , so if it were low , either the shutoff didn't work or it had oil. I know mine won't start , period. I learned it the hard way was baffled until reading the manual. All else fails read the manual.

So whats the outcome of this event. Low oil , no oil , lemon , or owner /operator failure. I also was thinking high grass bogged it to shut off , then low oil kept it from restarting. The smoke part -ain't- good. -confused

 

[robert@honda]

How is that? How does it work?

On some Honda engines, there is a device called Oil Alert. It is a simple float switch in the oil pan. If the oil level drops too low, the switch ground the ignition and the engine shuts down. If the oil level is too low before the the operator tries to start the engine, it engine won't start. On some products, there is a small circuit that drives an "Oil Alert" lamp, which flashes when you try and start the engine to indicate the oil level is too low. Oil Alert is featured on all Honda generators, pumps, and many other power equipment products that usually remain stationary during operation.

All that said, no Honda walk-behinds mowers have an Oil Alert device (!). This is because most mowers are operated at various inclines, degrees of elevation, rough soil conditions, etc., and it would be very difficult to make a float inside the oil pan operate reliably.

 

[Carscw]

This is what happened she clogged the deck up mower shut off. She flipped it on its side carb down then then when she got it to start after 30 pulls it was out if oil

(( cowboy up and get over it ))

 

[reynoldston]

How is that? How does it work?

What I have seen is it wouldn't start or run because it grounds out the coil when the oil gets low.

 

[Fish]

What I have seen is it wouldn't start or run because it grounds out the coil when the oil gets low.

He said, "My new mower has a oil switch that will not let it start with low oil but will not shut it off."

Hence my question.....

I have a pretty good grip on the low oil gizmos otherwise, just was not familiar with this one..........

 

[cashman]

If the mower was going too fast for the condition of the grass, it would have bogged down and died. Especially with a new employee, he should have taken the time to show you how he wanted the oil checked and any other preferred operation of the mower before your using it. If the mower didn't have enough oil level in it when you started using it, it was probably already low? Did he ever show you anything about maintenance or operation of the mower before using it?

 

[robert@honda]

For the record, Honda Mowers DO NOT have an LOW OIL SHUTDOWN feature.

You can run the engine WITHOUT OIL. It will (eventually ) FAIL if you do so.

Generally speaking, only Honda engines that operate in a stationary (they don't move around, they don't self propel) position SOMETIMES have a oil shutdown. Examples would be a generator, water pump, engine mounted on a pressure washer, log splitters, etc.