starting mower after changing oil

[reynoldston]

Seeing that it runs a few seconds you have everything to make it run. ( compression, spark, timing,) It sound like it is getting enough fuel to keep running. You say it is getting a good flow of fuel to the carburetor. I sure don't know what changing the oil has to do with it not ruining. It just seem in my years of working on mowers I ran across a Kohler that had a low oil level cut off switch once. So for some reason the fuel isn't going through the carburetor and that was the reason I asked about the carburetor solenoid. The next thing I would do is pull the carburetor off and check the float and needle valve and any dirt in the carburetor.

 

[SONOFADOCKER]

Remember the motor holds a little more than a QT depending if it has an oil filter .
Take the spark plug out and rotate the engine ( by hand is best ) so the oil gets moved around . Recheck oil level install spark plug and try again .

 

[Giles]

Remember the motor holds a little more than a QT depending if it has an oil filter .
Take the spark plug out and rotate the engine ( by hand is best ) so the oil gets moved around . Recheck oil level install spark plug and try again .

If an engine has "splash lubrication"--you are accomplishing very little by hand rotation:wink:

 

[doubled]

Did you knock any wires off when you changed the oil like maybe the carburetor solenoid wire?

Found the problem. Tracked the solenoid wire back to the connectors by the starter motor and found the wire was broken,must have knoked it when removing the oil plug and trying to fix a container to collect the oil.THANKS for all your help and suggestions guys have a great holiday. sun shining and 28Centigrade.

 

[reynoldston]

That was the wire I told you about on the first post. Congratulations on finding the problem. What I want to know was how well did your turkey come out, and did you have a nice Christmas.
Nick

 

[doubled]

yes Nick you were right,as per the photo the turkey turned out great thanks for your help. david

 

[stampy]

Hi If you tipped the mower the wrong way whilst emptying out the oil it could have transferred into the fuel. Id replace the fuel the remove the spark plug and pull the engine over a couple of times check the plug clean it anyway and try again.

Hope this helps.
Stampy

 

[reynoldston]

Hi If you tipped the mower the wrong way whilst emptying out the oil it could have transferred into the fuel. Id replace the fuel the remove the spark plug and pull the engine over a couple of times check the plug clean it anyway and try again.

Hope this helps.
Stampy

I guess I don't understand why the mower has to be tipped to empty the oil on a cub cadet sltx1054 or am I missing something here?