Lawn mowers

[wildside]

Does anybody know if there is a garden machinery repair busness any where near culan or in the loire valley region? our grass is starting to grow and the mower wont start!!!!

[Mikew]

If it is a petrol mower, change the petrol for fresh stuff, it goes stale over winter and won't start the motor. (I had this problem recently, started first go on fresh fuel.)

Mike

[Motorhead]

And drain the old petrol out of the carb as well. If it still won't start there's a place called Richard & Bourqui near Brico Depot in Domerat.

[Dave&Olive]

it`s probably just plug whiskers, a bit of damp and if it`s 2 stroke the petrol in the carb evaporating leaving a strong oil mix

fetch in side to a warm room to remove damp.

shake to mix oil/petrol mix if 2 stroke

drain carb ie flood with primer needle

remove plug and clean

then try it

dave

[Alcazar]

When I first had a motor mower, here in the UK, I thought the bit about draining the petrol was an old wive's tale, but sure enough, mine refused to start, so I drained it, replaced with fresh and it went first pull.

Alcazar

[wildside]

Thank you all for your help ive got it going now the problem was a stuck exhaust valve and no spark due to the damp thanks again           wildside

[Chris Head]

Good advice Dave, if I know I'm not going to use my chainsaws for a while, 7 or 8 of them, I drain the fuel, start them up and run them dry and  store them in a dry place. Same goes for any two stroke equipment.

Chris