Help with my lawnmower?
Question:It has rained here for almost 3 weeks straight, and just dried up a couple days ago. My lawnmower was outside in the rain, and I mowed just before the rain...the mower was fine. Now that I try to start it, it won't start. I thought maybe water in the gas, so I siphoned it out and put in fresh gas. It still won't start. It sounds like it normally does when it starts, just that it doesn't actually turn over and run. What should I try?
Answers:
Remove the spark plug, dry it and put just a couple of drops of fresh gas in the spark plug hole. Replace the spark plug and start it up. Let it run for at least five minutes on full throttle. Should be ok after that.
If you put the gas in the spark plug hole and it still won't start, there may be some moisture or corrosion in the kill switch. You can try spraying some WD40 into the kill switch to drive out the moisture or just hold a hair dryer on the switch to dry it out and then try starting again. If the switch looks dirty or rusty it may have to be disassembled and cleaned.
change the spark plug or dry the one that it has out. or maybe the carburator got waer when you tried to start it so try taking odd the carburator and cleanig it out
A wet high voltage side of the ignition system will definitely stop it from starting and running.
It needs to be dried out. A leaf-blower might help hurry up the process, or even a hair dryer. Direct the blast from either in and around where the spark plug wire emerges from the ignition section. If there's a cover that can be removed, and you have the tools/skills to remove it, that might further help get it dried out.
Highly flammable fluids and spark plugs sound dangerous to me. I took my lawnmower to the shop and they checked the carburetor, sharpened the blades, put a new spark plug, changed the oil, repaired the rubber prime button and did some others things. The cost was $80. The mower works perfectly. In this case what you don't know may hurt you.
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