Recent content by toneybrown07

Well, that's not what I wanted to hear! Well, I guess I won't get rid of my old push mower.

Ok, new info. I went out and clamped the hose running form the case to the carb so no oil could get to the carb. Started it up and mowed a small section of my front yard. It ran good with basically no smoke. Killed it, pushed it back to the back yard and tried to fire it back up. The pull...

So, my neighbor who owns his own lawn care business put this mower out on the street. My old push mower has holes rotting in the deck so I pushed it to my backyard. I checked gas, had some so I fired it up. Started first pull, but smoked like crazy and seemed to run at very high rpm. Again...

Oil level is currently fine, but when I first got the mower, I changed the oil and it was very thin but not milky like water causes. Would it be a sticking float or something to cause the gas to leak?

Hey everyone, new here. I was given a Powersmart 170cc self propelled push mower I'm not sure how old it is, but it appears pretty new. The mower starts up on the first pull, but when I'm using it it will occasionally start to billow out white smoke, run rough and die. Once it was even...