clintonracer
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Hello all, I'm new to the forum and have an issue with a D110 riding mower. It's about 2-3 years old, has 67 hours on it, and it won't stay running. Here's the timeline on what has happened so far:
1. I left ethanol gas it in over the winter (big mistake I recently found out.) Now the mower will run rough for about 10-15 seconds and then stall out and I can't restart it. Once the mower cools off a few hours, it will start-up and run and then stall out again after 10-20 seconds and then you can't restart it. It doesn't matter where I set the mixture screw, it makes no difference.
2. Siphoned all of the gas out of the tank and replaced with new gas.
3. I took the carb off to attempt to clean it or see if it had debris/seal failure, etc. and it looked OK. Put it back on and it runs the same.
4. I tried an Amazon $40 carb and it does the same thing. What did happen when I tried this though is it had a BIG backfire when it stalled out and a large amount of oil shot out of the engine (maybe from the oil filler tube?) and all over the ground (I bet it lost 1/2 quart or so of oil when I checked it afterwards.) It hasn't lost any oil since.
5. My local mower shop sold me a known used good carb and it does the same thing (I bought the used carb to try since it was going to be 2 weeks before they could get the mower in for service.)
6. Bought a new fuel filter (it has 3/4 gas in it when I check) and made no difference.
6. Pulled-off the gas line to the carb and cranked the engine and a decent amount of gas comes out.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Dave
1. I left ethanol gas it in over the winter (big mistake I recently found out.) Now the mower will run rough for about 10-15 seconds and then stall out and I can't restart it. Once the mower cools off a few hours, it will start-up and run and then stall out again after 10-20 seconds and then you can't restart it. It doesn't matter where I set the mixture screw, it makes no difference.
2. Siphoned all of the gas out of the tank and replaced with new gas.
3. I took the carb off to attempt to clean it or see if it had debris/seal failure, etc. and it looked OK. Put it back on and it runs the same.
4. I tried an Amazon $40 carb and it does the same thing. What did happen when I tried this though is it had a BIG backfire when it stalled out and a large amount of oil shot out of the engine (maybe from the oil filler tube?) and all over the ground (I bet it lost 1/2 quart or so of oil when I checked it afterwards.) It hasn't lost any oil since.
5. My local mower shop sold me a known used good carb and it does the same thing (I bought the used carb to try since it was going to be 2 weeks before they could get the mower in for service.)
6. Bought a new fuel filter (it has 3/4 gas in it when I check) and made no difference.
6. Pulled-off the gas line to the carb and cranked the engine and a decent amount of gas comes out.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Dave
