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About Eric A. Jones
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Lawnmower Repair . Certified Master Service Technician from B&S. Have 13 years experience on B&S, Lawn Chief, Weed Eater, Echo, Peerless, Wheel Horse, Snapper, Atlas, MTD, McCulloch, Homelite and many other numerous brands. Specialize in electrical repair.
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Born and raised in the midwest. Started tinkering with engines when I was about 14 on my Suzuki RM-80. I began lawn mower repair at a small hardware store. I knew absolutely nothing. I read lots of repair manuals and met an older fellow who taught me many lessons. I continued working on small engines through high school and paid my way through college working on mowers at the same hardware store. Decided to get away from the midwest and mower repair so I joined the Air Force. I repaired air traffic control electronic equipment and ended up in Hawaii where I got a part time job at Small Engine Clinic. I gained a lot of experience from the Small Engine Clinic and had a blast repairing small engines. I then took the Briggs and Stratton Master Service Technician test and earned my MST. I then traveled to Wisconsin where I attended the factory update training seminar and received formal training. I received a scholarship from the Air Force and am currently pursuing another degree.
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Expert: Eric A. Jones - 11/7/2009
Question
? mower runs great for a few seconds if I spray starter fluid in the air filter, then just dies. Replaced spark plug,air filter was full of junk (cleaned, removed, also made sure air pipe to engine was not clogged), replace gas (gas line has lots of little cracks but does not leak, problem?). I assume that the armature magneto works because the engine does run, even though I can not see a spark? Carburetor is getting gas because I unscrewed the nut on bottom of it and gas comes out, took off mower looks fine, the thing that I think is the float moved up and down, I turned it upside down and pour gas into it and I went through the small pin opening.
Sears push mulching mower
Briggs and Stratton 4 cycle emgine
Model #123k02-0181-e1
Any help would go greatly appreciated.
Alex
Answer
Classic dirty carb problem. Have you removed, dis-assembled and cleaned the carburetor with compressed air from an air compressor?
There are several videos on YouTube showing how to clean mower carburetors. Several of the videos just have you clean the carb with carb cleaner. This works most of the time but for really dirty carbs an air compressor is a must.
Eric
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