Originally Posted by insydney
the mower took the back seat for a cpl of weeks but earlier today i decided to see if the carb cleaning had helped... so i gave the cord a tug and yep it fired up. that's a big improvement as it hasn't run before, BUT it only ran for about 2 secs and then stopped... this remains the situation, it will fire up for a cpl of secs ( and i mean 2/3 secs) then dies
i have:
cleaned the carb, jet's main and pilot
drained the petrol tank, used new fuel, and cleaned the fuel filter
changed the spark plug
changed the air filter

sounds like fuel starvation, but i have checked all the obvious things, it has me beat... any ideas anyone ?


You made one big mistake by cleaning the fuel filter, just replace it and see what happens.

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