Craftsman Garden Tractor Spews Gasoline

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cbj625

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My Craftsman Mower (garden tractor) has a Briggs & Stratton 19.5 hp engine. It had been sitting idle for about 2 weeks. When I went to start it, it started reluctantly, ran about 5 seconds and quit. When running, it spewed white smoke and gasoline came out of a rubber pipe (about 3/4" diameter) on the engine near the carburetor.

Can anyone tell me what is wrong? This machine drives me crazy...always something going wrong!

Thanks.

C. Bruce Jones
Hartwell, GA
 
Remove the dipstick and smell the oil. I will bet it smells like gas. If so then you need to remove and clean the carb, install a new carb kit, then change the oil and filter. You can install fuel shutoff valve in the fuel line as a safety measure, but shouldn't be used as a bandaid repair.
 
My last Craftsman 2008 had gas pass the carb float & it went into the engine, a 20 hp B&S...

There was a tiny piece of white plastic that got stuck under the needle valve inside carb, that allowed gas to pass.. Cleaned the carb thoroughly, drained the engine oil & replaced with fresh & new oil filter too..

Plus added an in-line gas shut-off valve..
 
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