wilson1973 wrote:
Bob F;965459 Wrote:
wilson1973 wrote:-
I have accidentally added petrol to the oil tank of a petrol mower I
could not find and opening underneath the tank and so tipped it
upside down to drain the oil tank ,and then added fresh oil it did
work for a little while but now doesn't want to start or it does now
and again only for about for 30 seconds and then stops with a fair
degree of smoke,could anyone offer me any advice I did have a look
at the spark plug and it looked to be quite oily I don't know if
this is supposed
to be like that,maybe tipping the mower upside down helped oil to
spread to other parts of the mower unintended-

Take out the plug and clean it. Clean the air cleaner. Crank the
engine a bunch
with the plug out, then reassemble and try again. Try to keep it
running until
the smoke quits. Tipping the mower can cause oil to leak out through
the intake.
You've got to burn that off.

Thanks Bob F I will try that,could you tell me where the air cleaner
is on the mower please,by the way I have had a look on the mower I'm
not sure of the manufacturer but the engine is called a Briggs and
stratton series 220

The air cleaner is on the carburator, accessed by removing a screw or 2 on the
side, or a wing nut on a top corner and removing the air cleaner cover, in most
cases I've seen. If there's a throttle cable, it goes to the carburator. It is
likely on the other side of the engine from the muffler.