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Posted by Old_boat on July 24, 2005, 8:55 pm
> wrote:
>
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>>> All,
>>>
>>> Patient is a 2 month old Craftsman with a 4.5 HP Briggs and Straton
>>> motor. Gas is fresh, oil is up to full mark. Mower has been working
>>> OK. Last used about 1.5 weeks ago.
>>>
>>> The mower will fire briefly if the primer dome is pushed. Then it
>>> dies after using the gas supplied by the primer push.
>>>
>>> I have tried taking the air filter off and have tried loosening the
>>> gas cap (one thing at a time) with no change in results.
>>>
>>> Seems as though it is not pulling gas after the initial firing. This
>>> is a new mower with only one run speed. The carb seems bone simple.
>>>
>>> Any ideas where to start?
>>>
>>Check and make sure you have not gotten a small pin hole in the primer
>>bulb.
>>If this happens, it will do exactly what you are describing.
>>
>>> Douglas
>>
>
> Do you have a suggestion on how to check for a pin hole? Thanks.
No not really I found it on my sears mower by accident, Thing drove me nuts.
Seemed that the primer bulb has a tiny hole in it around the edge where it
was connected to the housing. I smeared some some blue permatex and it
fised the problem.
LJ
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> D.
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