Recent content by fivebellies

I sorted it out, had absolutely nothing to do with the carb or jets. I was a timing issue, when I changed the piston rings, I completely forgot about timing, so that was the problem, so fixed it today, mower works like a dream! :mrgreen: :D

Thanks, I watched that video after I put the diaphragm on myself, and according to that video I had put the diaphragm on the wrong way, that's why I asked if the gasket went onto the petrol tank first? Because I had the diaphragm first then the gasket and the lawnmower seemed to work a bit...

Yes I do push the prime bulb 3-4 times before trying to start. Just sort of mumbles a bit but never gets going, if I take the air filter off, I can get it to turn over twice by itself then it dies again and won't turn over again unless I push the prime bulb. I had it sort of running without the...

The air filter is sponge and isn't that dirty and has been oiled. There are no adjustments on the carb or under the diaphragm. I might try buying a new carb and see how that goes, if still the same, then it has to be something with the valves, this is my reckoning anyway.

The carb is one piece with no adjustments on it, it's the diaphragm type carb, I took the carb off, it's only small so that's how I submersed it. it didn't help, the carb looks clean and when I blew through it, all was clear. Maybe compression is a problem? Will try and test that tomorrow, would...

Still nothing, can hear the engine popping but that's as far as it goes, even with the air filter off, for me to get it to tick over at least twice I have to push the prime bulb, then it starts and then dies. Am lost, maybe the carb is knackered? :|

I have put the carb in a bowl of injector cleaner, leave it in there for a few hours and get it back out and dry it off.

Fuel is new, will check jets tomorrow. When air filter is off there is a lot of petrol splashing out. What's the best way to check the jets? Thanks

I took a petrol lawnmower off of a friend who said that there was something wrong with it, got it home and found that the head gasket had gone, so I got a new one and put it on and changed the spark plug, put it back together and tried to start it and nothing, took the air filter off and tried...