Curiosity wrote:

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:34:20 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

The message
from Thomas Prufer contains these words:
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 09:29:52 +0000, Curiosity
wrote:

My petrol lawnmower starts almost first time but it only runs for
between 30 and 40 seconds before it conks out, it won't restart
immediately but after a few minutes it will start and run for 40 about
seconds again.

Fuel line/filter clogged?

Possibly, but more likely to be a blocked vent in the filler cap.

I tried that, running without the filler cap makes no difference.

That'll be why the fuel line or filter is clogged, then.
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Nick Wagg