The next challenge in line with my family's mowers is a Victa Corsair which belonged to my mother-in-law and apparently was caught in a flash flood in the backyard shed last winter. During a recent clean-out she was going to throw it so I thought I'd grab it for some spares. Anyway, looked at it yesterday and the cutting disc appeared locked solid when trying to turn it by hand. I removed the spark-plug and sprayed in WD40 and gently worked it back and forth until it
came free and felt quite smooth to turn. Flushed the fuel and replaced. Removed carby primer plate and cleaned out. Checked the plug and regapped. Cleaned and WD40'd the recoil starter. Added fresh fuel and tried to start. Took ages to start due to WD40 and oily residue gunking the plug but eventually after pulling and cleaning the plug many times, it fired up and I left to run for 15 minutes. Mowed the back lawn and shut-off and restarted a few times. Tried again this morning and started first try. It seems to be running a little rougher than I expected but I'm not familiar with these mowers. Also on cold start today didn't get off roughish slow run for a minute or so and then ran at cutting speed which doesn't seem particularly high compared to a powertorque which I'm more familiar with. Question is do I just keep using as is or should I be looking to go in further. I thought maybe bearings might need to be changed if water got in but I'm not familiar with how to strip these motors (125cc ?)down. I suppose if water had made its way in it would only be through the muffler?What do you think? Should I be looking further at this point?
