Jack Putte
We had a suggestion to replace last year's gas and try again. My husband turned the lawn mower upside down to try to get all the old gas out of it, but there's still some left in there. I'm guessing that the small amount left in there probably has a lot of sediment, and should probably come out, too. But neither of us knows anything about lawn mowers, so any suggestions would be great.
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turning it upside down was the worst thing you guys could have done. now you might have flooded the piston chamber with OIL from the mower. remove the spark plug and make sure the chamber where the piston is (it's under the spark plug hole) isn't filled with oil. if it is you'll never get the motor running again until you get all the oil out of there because it will foul up the spark plug and the plug won't be able to produce it's spark to ignite the gasoline.
it's always best that at the end of the season to just let the motor run until the gas is gone, and even then you should try to start the engine to get what little is left in the chamber to ignite. just because the gas was left in there doesn't mean that the mower won't start when you go try to use it. you would have done better just to try to start and see what happens. now if it doesn't start that presents a whole new problem in that the gas that was left in there CAN sometimes turn to gunk and mess up the carburetor if that's the case the carb will have to be removed and all the jets cleaned out and then start over again. change the gas line filter.the only sediment that would have been in there is whatever was left in there (dirt etc) from last year IF ANY. the gas itself (as far as i know) doesn't leave a sediment in the tank just because you didn't empty it. it turns to gunk only in the carb.
can''t think of anything other than you might change the spark plug for a new one, and clean the small air filter that will be somewhere near the carb. it's usually just a small piece of foam that's used to keep the dirt out of the carburator.
i only used the gas stabelizer once and the following year was the only year my mowers wouldn't start. go figure. just run the mower out of gas.
good luck to ya's
turning it upside down was the worst thing you guys could have done. now you might have flooded the piston chamber with OIL from the mower. remove the spark plug and make sure the chamber where the piston is (it's under the spark plug hole) isn't filled with oil. if it is you'll never get the motor running again until you get all the oil out of there because it will foul up the spark plug and the plug won't be able to produce it's spark to ignite the gasoline.
it's always best that at the end of the season to just let the motor run until the gas is gone, and even then you should try to start the engine to get what little is left in the chamber to ignite. just because the gas was left in there doesn't mean that the mower won't start when you go try to use it. you would have done better just to try to start and see what happens. now if it doesn't start that presents a whole new problem in that the gas that was left in there CAN sometimes turn to gunk and mess up the carburetor if that's the case the carb will have to be removed and all the jets cleaned out and then start over again. change the gas line filter.the only sediment that would have been in there is whatever was left in there (dirt etc) from last year IF ANY. the gas itself (as far as i know) doesn't leave a sediment in the tank just because you didn't empty it. it turns to gunk only in the carb.
can''t think of anything other than you might change the spark plug for a new one, and clean the small air filter that will be somewhere near the carb. it's usually just a small piece of foam that's used to keep the dirt out of the carburator.
i only used the gas stabelizer once and the following year was the only year my mowers wouldn't start. go figure. just run the mower out of gas.
good luck to ya's
What is the difference between propelled, electric and gas Lawn mower?
lilfinevin
I am looking to purchase a lawn mower with a collector and have no clue what the differenc is in each of the 3 types that seem to be out there.
Answer
Self-Propelled means that there's a mechanism that helps the mower go forward when you push on the handle. It reduces the work you have to do in pushing that SOB all over your lawn...which is nice, but doesn't make it completely without effort, either.
Electric mowers can come in two flavors: Corded, and battery-operated. Legend says that the battery operated ones have come a long way. We had one 10 years ago, and you had to REALLY keep up on your lawn, or the battery-op mower just couldn't hack through the grass, especially in the early summer when it rains a lot and the grass goes insane. Corded ones have plenty of zip and power, you just have to make sure you don't run over the extension cord. We never had a collection bag on ours, so I don't know about that part of it. You also never have trouble starting one up, and you don't have to tinker with stupid stuff like spark plugs or small engine repair. Or gasoline, for that matter. They also tend to be lighter, weight-wise.
Gas lawn mowers are what most people have...these are small engines that run on gas, so you'll have to keep that around. Most of them have collection bags which will need to be emptied two or three times per mowing, even in a small yard like ours. They still require maintenance; my hubby isn't very handy (ok, he's a handyman's idiot), and I know nothing about small engines, so I have to take my mower to someone competent to have the blade sharpened and engine tuned and the whole thing lubed and such.
Ask your neighbors if they know anyone who does lawn mower maintenance and then ask the mower guy if he has mower recommendations. We took ours in and he said, "A Snapper? I never see those things in here!" We took that as a good sign. Hubby was dumb enough to mow wet grass and then not clean out the underside, so it solidified into a concrete mass and the blade wouldn't turn. Don't do that.
Consumer Reports seems to like the following mowers:
Gas-powered push models:
Lawn-Boy 10640
Cub Cadet 11A-18MC
Corded electric push models:
Black & Decker MM875
Cordless electric push models:
Black & Decker CMM1200
Self-Propelled Models:
Toro Recycler 20333
Toro Recycler 20332
Toro Recycler 20330
Craftsman 37435
Lawn-Boy 10641
Craftsman 37624
Good luck!!
Self-Propelled means that there's a mechanism that helps the mower go forward when you push on the handle. It reduces the work you have to do in pushing that SOB all over your lawn...which is nice, but doesn't make it completely without effort, either.
Electric mowers can come in two flavors: Corded, and battery-operated. Legend says that the battery operated ones have come a long way. We had one 10 years ago, and you had to REALLY keep up on your lawn, or the battery-op mower just couldn't hack through the grass, especially in the early summer when it rains a lot and the grass goes insane. Corded ones have plenty of zip and power, you just have to make sure you don't run over the extension cord. We never had a collection bag on ours, so I don't know about that part of it. You also never have trouble starting one up, and you don't have to tinker with stupid stuff like spark plugs or small engine repair. Or gasoline, for that matter. They also tend to be lighter, weight-wise.
Gas lawn mowers are what most people have...these are small engines that run on gas, so you'll have to keep that around. Most of them have collection bags which will need to be emptied two or three times per mowing, even in a small yard like ours. They still require maintenance; my hubby isn't very handy (ok, he's a handyman's idiot), and I know nothing about small engines, so I have to take my mower to someone competent to have the blade sharpened and engine tuned and the whole thing lubed and such.
Ask your neighbors if they know anyone who does lawn mower maintenance and then ask the mower guy if he has mower recommendations. We took ours in and he said, "A Snapper? I never see those things in here!" We took that as a good sign. Hubby was dumb enough to mow wet grass and then not clean out the underside, so it solidified into a concrete mass and the blade wouldn't turn. Don't do that.
Consumer Reports seems to like the following mowers:
Gas-powered push models:
Lawn-Boy 10640
Cub Cadet 11A-18MC
Corded electric push models:
Black & Decker MM875
Cordless electric push models:
Black & Decker CMM1200
Self-Propelled Models:
Toro Recycler 20333
Toro Recycler 20332
Toro Recycler 20330
Craftsman 37435
Lawn-Boy 10641
Craftsman 37624
Good luck!!
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