I'm hoping someone here can help me diagnose the issue I'm having with my Briggs and Stratton powered push mower.
The mower is 3 years old. I've been able to mow my entire 1/3 acre plot about 5 times so far this year, however over the last 2 mows, the mower would randomly die even though it had gas. Up until this last time, I was able to eventually restart it (but it took maybe 10 minutes or trying, letting it sit and retrying). Now, the mower doesn't start at all... it will sputter and attempt to start and sometimes it will actually fire up, but will immediately die.
I took it apart over this weekend, and noticed the air filter was very clogged so I replaced that. I wire-brushed the spark plug. I took apart the carburetor to investigate the inside of it, and it was fine... no gumming up of gas or anything like that. I looked at the gasoline hose that goes from tank to carb, and was able to see straight through it so don't think there's anything blocking the line. I'm kind of at a loss as to what to look at next and would like to avoid taking it to a place to have it serviced.
It's a Briggs and Stratton 625 series.
The mower is 3 years old. I've been able to mow my entire 1/3 acre plot about 5 times so far this year, however over the last 2 mows, the mower would randomly die even though it had gas. Up until this last time, I was able to eventually restart it (but it took maybe 10 minutes or trying, letting it sit and retrying). Now, the mower doesn't start at all... it will sputter and attempt to start and sometimes it will actually fire up, but will immediately die.
I took it apart over this weekend, and noticed the air filter was very clogged so I replaced that. I wire-brushed the spark plug. I took apart the carburetor to investigate the inside of it, and it was fine... no gumming up of gas or anything like that. I looked at the gasoline hose that goes from tank to carb, and was able to see straight through it so don't think there's anything blocking the line. I'm kind of at a loss as to what to look at next and would like to avoid taking it to a place to have it serviced.
It's a Briggs and Stratton 625 series.