Well after successfully mowing 3 times over three weeks, it wouldn't restart after I shut it down.

I noticed when I fired it up first off before mowing, black smoke blew out the exhaust for about 10 seconds which it has done on and off for a long time.

Then I would reckon it's run extremely rich as most of my fuel was used up, when it usually uses 1/2 tank at most (it's winter here and almost no grass growth)

It had cooled down a lot when I tried to restart it.

I haven't taken the spark plug out but I'm almost certain it's fouled with fuel.

I have a B & S magneto on order and it was supposed to arrive nearly 2 weeks ago.

Last edited by Geesey67; 13/07/24 01:34 PM.