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I had posted earlier about my Murray mower not starting, and you guys rightly suggested that the carburetor had leaked gas in the crankcase. It ran great for a day, but I saw today that I'm again out of gas! When I left it with half a tank! And when I checked, my oil level was MUCH higher than...

Thanks for all of the help! I got it running today, but there are some almost unbelievable coincidences here. First off, you were totally right about gas in the oil! There's no oil filter in this mower, so I emptied the oil, flushed it with about 1/2 quart of fresh oil, then filled it up with...

I'm a DIYer and really don't want to take this somewhere, but I'm running out of ideas so I'm hoping someone smarter than me can offer some advise :-) I have a 2003 Murray riding mower with a 10HP Briggs & Stratton rear engine. I haven't done any maintenance in years, but it was having a hard...