Lawnmower Needs Work—Carburetor?

[OWC Jamie]

So, while you had the air filter off you shot some ether in to see if it would start and die ?

[DewGuy]

Grateful11 wrote:
Mr. Lynn if you clean and oil your foam filter I'm going to tell you a neat little trick that won't leave your
hands so messy.

Wash and dry the filter, put it in a ziploc bag, put a small amount oil in the bag with the filter, zip it up,
squish it around throughly and naturally remove filter and install.

Thanks for the tip, I'll be making use of it.

[mrlynn]

billb wrote:
So, while you had the air filter off you shot some ether in to see if it would start and die ?

Ether? Who the heck has ether?

Tomorrow I'll try some carburetor cleaner, if I've got any.

/Mr Lynn

[OWC Jamie]

mrlynn wrote:
[quote=billb]
So, while you had the air filter off you shot some ether in to see if it would start and die ?

Ether? Who the heck has ether?

Tomorrow I'll try some carburetor cleaner, if I've got any.

/Mr Lynn Walmart has starting fluid. I guess they've replaced most of the ether with heptane because of fools huffing ether but it often helps to indicate fuel/ignition problem to starting

[mrlynn]

UPDATE: Turns out I do have some starter fluid, but yesterday it got up to 65º F, and the mower started right up with just gasoline. I had the air filter off, and it was dirty, so I'll clean it and see if the engine runs with a clean filter. Could be I put too much oil in the sponge last summer. Any rule of thumb on how much to use?

/Mr Lynn