Mower Starting Issue

[BoiseHM]

I have a craftsman mower with a Model #143986700 - 6.75hp Craftsman Engine. It starts for a few seconds then quits, i spray a little carb cleaner while its running and it will keep running. I cleaned the carb and it still has this problem.

Not my mower in pic but looks just like it.

thanks for your help...

 

[ash3001]

Did you take the Carb apart fully and cleaned out all ports and/or needle valve if it has a float?

also did you use starter fluid to get it to kick over or just primed it ?

 

[BoiseHM]

Did you take the Carb apart fully and cleaned out all ports and/or needle valve if it has a float?

also did you use starter fluid to get it to kick over or just primed it ?

no, not yet... i used the red primer to get it to start then when it started to die down i sprayed a little carb cleaner in the carb...

 

[mikey11]

definitely sounds like a fuel mixture/carb problem

does it have a manual or automatic choke?

 

[Practical Consumer]

Clean the carb!

 

[BoiseHM]

kicked to to curb on CL... thx for the help...:thumbsup: