Bolens ridding mower caught fire... Help!

[marktwag]

My wife by mistake put kerosene in the mower. I didn't know and topped off the tank with gasoline and started it up. About two minutes later it started spitting white smoke when working through thick grass so, assuming it was bad fuel, I stopped and drained the tank and put fresh gas in. It smoked slightly then stopped smoking. It was good for a few minutes then died with black smoke and a fire burning cheerfully forward of the engine on top of the exhaust. I can't ID the part that burned because it's melted but any help would be very much appreciated.

 

[BKBrown]

I'll bet people will want specifics of model and engine Plus pictures in order to help much !

Glad nobody was hurt !

 

[marktwag]

Here's pics, damage is in the front.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Wow...Sounds bad. Where in PA are you? I'm in MONTCO. Oh, and welcome to LMF! :smile:

 

[marktwag]

Down by West Chester. It wasn't too bad I was just hoping it wouldn't blow up before I could get it out haha

 

[jteuban]

Does it still have compression? If so I would take it apart and rebuild if ness. Maybe if you clean the whole thing out you might get lucky and it will run.

 

[rer]

was that a rectifier that burned?