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Even though we had already done the things suggested and re-done them, the last resort was to get a new battery - bingo - the problem has gone away. Thanks for all the responses and suggestions.

Thank you. We’ll give the carb another go. Fingers crossed

It’s a 1538M. Fuel line was blown through, fuel filter was removed and replaced temporarily with a piece of pipe to eliminate a blocked filter, carb was removed and jets checked, float valve cleaned. I agree seems to be starvation but I can’t see how, all looks ok. I haven’t removed the plug...

OK, thanks. I'll check the machine when I get home. Now I've started the thread, I'll hand it over to my partner as he's the technical one. He did clean the carb yesterday, but not sure if it was with carb cleaner or a quick rub on his shirt...! Anyway, I'll be back on here later with an...

Thanks. I'm pretty sure it's a 1530H, but I'll confirm for sure later. It doesn't give you much chance to give it some choke, it just stops. It doesn't sputter first, it just dies.

Hello - hopefully someone can help - we have a Mountfield ride-on mower (about 2 years old) which keeps cutting out at high revs. Ticks over fine on low revs, but stick it into high revs, it runs for a little while (30 secs to a minute) and then just cuts out. My partner has cleaned the carb...