Others have covered specific things to do/try/look for, so I won't
jump into those.

But, I can recommend a good book published by Briggs and Stratton,
available at Sears, Home Depot, and a lot of other places, called
"Small Engine Repair". It was the best $20 I ever invested. It covers
most common repairs and maintenance items on almost every kind of
small engine around. It's written for most people who can identify
which end of a screwdriver is which, and has enough pictures to help
you figure out problems easily. It's saved my butt way more than
once.....

On Mar 15, 4:47 pm, "asdfa" wrote:
So I have a regular push lawnmower. The only way i can get the lawn mower
to start is to directly syphon gas out with a hose and put a few drops in
the carburator. Then the mower will start for a few seconds until it drinks
up the few drops of gas and it will dye. So I bought a new one because I
couldnt fix it. Now my push edger is doing the same thing. It will only
start when i directly put gas into the carburator and will run for a second
or two until the gas it gone. I dont want to have to buy another edger just
because of the SAME EXACT PROBLEM. HOW do i fix this? The lawn mower
service people charge to much.,. Thanks Please post towards group.not my
valid email.
Phillip