I tipped the mower onto its side to scrape the deck and clear a blockage. When I restarted it there was a lot of blue smoke for about a minute, then it cleared and it has run normally since. I did not pay attention to…
Push mower, single cylinder, about eight years old, sat over winter with fuel in it. It fires instantly on full choke, runs beautifully for maybe thirty seconds, then dies unless I keep the choke roughly halfway. There…
Small 3kW generator. Starts fine, but with nothing plugged in it hunts, revving up and dropping roughly once a second. Put a 1kW heater on it and it steadies out completely. It ran fine last autumn and then sat from…
Two stroke string trimmer, maybe six years old. New plug, and I have confirmed a fat blue spark against the head. Fuel is fresh 50:1 and I can see it moving in the primer bulb. It will not fire even once, not even a…
Twelve year old push mower, worth maybe $60 if I sold it working. The carburettor is gummed up and needs at minimum a clean. A rebuild kit is $12 and a whole aftermarket carburettor is $28 including gaskets. I have…