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Mower stalls on blade engage
I just bought a relatively new (1 or 2 years old) Honda HRA-214
lawnmower, used. It starts on the first pull, no problem, but when I push down the lever that engages the blade, it stalls out. Any advice on what may be happening here would be greatly appreciated. Gas is fine, oil seems fine, bag is empty and the spark plug is pretty much brand new. Thanks! -Brian |
Mower stalls on blade engage
Brian,
Did you drain all the gas out of the carb when putting it away for the winter? If not, it could be some old gasoline clogging up your carburetor. You can try a carb cleaner, but it may be too far gone, in which case the carb must be removed and thorougly cleaned. Also check your air filter. If it looks very dirty or clogged, you can try changing that. Both these problems affect the air/fuel delivery, which I suspect is your problem. Sherwin D. Brian Cohen wrote: I just bought a relatively new (1 or 2 years old) Honda HRA-214 lawnmower, used. It starts on the first pull, no problem, but when I push down the lever that engages the blade, it stalls out. Any advice on what may be happening here would be greatly appreciated. Gas is fine, oil seems fine, bag is empty and the spark plug is pretty much brand new. Thanks! -Brian |
Mower stalls on blade engage
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Mower stalls on blade engage
Brian Cohen wrote:
I just bought a relatively new (1 or 2 years old) Honda HRA-214 lawnmower, used. It starts on the first pull, no problem, but when I push down the lever that engages the blade, it stalls out. Any advice on what may be happening here would be greatly appreciated. Gas is fine, oil seems fine, bag is empty and the spark plug is pretty much brand new. There are business devoted to repairing lawn mowers. Call one of them. |
Mower stalls on blade engage
"Bill" wrote in message
... In article , says... I just bought a relatively new (1 or 2 years old) Honda HRA-214 lawnmower, used. It starts on the first pull, no problem, but when I push down the lever that engages the blade, it stalls out. Any advice on what may be happening here would be greatly appreciated. Gas is fine, oil seems fine, bag is empty and the spark plug is pretty much brand new. Thanks! -Brian Can you turn the blade by hand? .....with the spark plug wire REMOVED, and secured a few inches from the plug, of course.... |
Mower stalls on blade engage
I just heard one should never run a mower out of gas because it can introduce air
into the gas line and then it wont start. not your solution, sorry. Ingrid "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Bill" wrote in message ... In article , says... I just bought a relatively new (1 or 2 years old) Honda HRA-214 lawnmower, used. It starts on the first pull, no problem, but when I push down the lever that engages the blade, it stalls out. Any advice on what may be happening here would be greatly appreciated. Gas is fine, oil seems fine, bag is empty and the spark plug is pretty much brand new. Thanks! -Brian Can you turn the blade by hand? ....with the spark plug wire REMOVED, and secured a few inches from the plug, of course.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
Mower stalls on blade engage
Honda HR-214 has a bad habit of the throttle cable slipping. Honda carbs at
very touchy. You may have carb problems. Search this link for possible answers: http://www.lawnsite.com/archive/index.php/f-35-p-6.html Personally I hate lawnmowers or they hate me (and tree stumps) lol. Hope this helps. Elaine wrote in message ... I just heard one should never run a mower out of gas because it can introduce air into the gas line and then it wont start. not your solution, sorry. Ingrid "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Bill" wrote in message ... In article , says... I just bought a relatively new (1 or 2 years old) Honda HRA-214 lawnmower, used. It starts on the first pull, no problem, but when I push down the lever that engages the blade, it stalls out. Any advice on what may be happening here would be greatly appreciated. Gas is fine, oil seems fine, bag is empty and the spark plug is pretty much brand new. Thanks! -Brian Can you turn the blade by hand? ....with the spark plug wire REMOVED, and secured a few inches from the plug, of course.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
Mower stalls on blade engage
1) Try alt.home.repair, which has many helpful people who
should provide some good advise. There are folks who visit rec.gardens and are good with questions such as yours, but there are better venues for your type of question. 2) You purchased a used mower which is relatively new. Did it ever run correctly for you? You may need to take it to a repair shop since the mower could have a difficult-to- diagnose problem which caused the previous owner to sell it. 3) Do you know the previous owner? The mower could still be under warranty and he could take it in for free diagnosis and repair. Good luck, Gideon |
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