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One of my wife’s old teachers needed her mower looked at. Figured I’d give it a shot. Think I have it figured out but would like additional input. When they brought it to me, they said it wouldn’t start, and they just wanted fresh gas, oil, and plug. I did all that, and was able to get it started with starting fluid. Checked the lines from the tank to the carb, gas flows just fine. Dropped the bowl in the carb and it was filthy. Cleaned it up, and got it back on, and it would still start and die. After doing some reading, I figured “What the hell, let’s try it.” And it started up. Ran a tad rough, but ran. Long enough for me to grab a shop rag, tie off the handle, walk 25 feet to get my FIL, walk back, and have it die just as he was coming around the corner. What we did was let it sit, until the choke was closed (engine cooled), and tried it again. Same thing: ran, rough but ran, until the thermowax opened the choke. Right as it died, the choke popped all the way open. Im guessing that the thermowax is bad, which is an 11 dollar part, but if anyone could think of anything else to look at, or something I haven’t thought of, I figured it would be you guys. Also: I don’t care for auto chokes 😂 Thanks in advance!
