Recent content by tonyandkaty

Thanks for the reply I have just removed the spark plug from the mower, and it seems to have a good covering of oil and fuel over the end of it and is quite black is this normal for a petrol lawnmower or does it mean something maybe going wrong with the mowers engine ?? Will get a new spark...

Our sovereign lawn mower struggles to keep running it starts no problem the first time, and the speed seems perfect and the lawn mower maintenance place even adjusted the speed up very slightly but within 5 minutes it starts coughing and spluttering and shuts down. And then will not restart for...

Ok thanks I have tried some WDW40 already into the device with no joy, and was thinking of taking the door panel off but with all the electrics etc worried about doing more damage than good, looks like a trip to the garage to sort this issue out and if they damage the door panel not a problem...

Hi John There is no movement in the door it sounds like it is coming from the device which retains the door at certain points when opening it to stop it swinging fully open, it has a thin lever going from the body into the side of the door and it looks like there is some small plastic runners...

Looking for some advice our Renault Scenic on the drivers door has started making a clunking sound when opening and closing. It sounds like it is coming from the area around the retaining device which goes inside the door from the body I have tried having a look but cannot see what could be...

Thank you so much for all your help John :)

Thanks for the reply John, I did meddle with it a little as it was running very slow and cutting out and don't know what I have done as it is now running so much faster but no longer cuts out lol, just worried it sounds like it is running so quick and will damage the engine :(

Hi John There is no throttle lever this is the self propelled sovereign xsz40 which I think has a self adjusting throttle or something ??. Thanks for any further advice :)

Hi We bought a secondhand lawnmower and it seems to run very fast and not sure how to adjust the engine speed we have taken a video of it running with also zooming in on various parts around the engine which can be seen. Any advice on how to adjust it would be great before it takes off lol