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I've seen a lot of engines on pressure washers for sale on facebook marketplace where the pump has gone bad, Just a thought.

My uncle bought a slightly used Troybuilt rider, the seller was having trouble keeping it running and decided to sell it. He already replaced the carb. fuel filter and it would statrt up and run but would soon cut off. My uncle bought it and I used it to cut his grass, I could make about 2 laps...

What causes my troybuilt horse to jerk/jump while going downhill, also the mower moves faster in reverse than in foward, and the pedal is hard to press to go foward.

Bad choice, replacement parts are not available for some Electric/battery powered mowers, the part that holds the blade is made out of plastic, once you damage this, you can not mount the blade safely, Check before you buy, if parts are available, and don't take the stores word for it, look for...

My uncle was looking for a used riding mower, he found one with the same problem you described. It seems the rubber seal on the gas cap had cracked and a small piece had gotten into the gas line. after running a while it would run out of gas, after sitting for a short while, started up and ran...

I had a mower do this one time, the gas tank had some bugs and rubber from the gas cap, blocking the gas flow to the carb. I removed the tank, cleaned it out and it's been running since.

I have a snapper with a 11hp B&S engine that runs full throttle, My father-in -law was using it one day and it just started running full throttle. I think something failed inside the crankcase.