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" It is the use of power tools that separates man from animals"

Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Joined: Feb 11, 2011
Points: 284

Lawn mower problem
Original Message   Apr 10, 2011 7:41 pm
         I have a older  Craftsman 21 inch, front wheel drive lawn mower. It has a  Tecumseh 6.75 horsepower engine >When I stored it away last fall, I put stabul in the gas, removed the sparkplug  and put some   30 grade oil in the sparkplug hole , cranked it over a few times , put the sparkplug

back in.  and stored it.

I took it out today, and pulled the starter cord and it turned about one turn, then I could not pull it any more. I guess it had reached the compression stroke.  

I took out the sparkplug which was covered by oil.   I pulled the cord and it turned over easily .  I put the sparkplug back in and it  was the same as before, it would just turn over

until it got to the compression stroke..   Do you think that the oil I put in it ,(maybe I put in too much) is causing a hydraulic lock.   Also, should I put  some gas in the sparkplug hole

to dillute the oil.?

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royster


" It is the use of power tools that separates man from animals"

Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Joined: Feb 11, 2011
Points: 284

Re: Lawn mower problem
Reply #4   Apr 11, 2011 9:45 am
Thankyou for all your suggestions.    It was my own doing.  Too much oil in the combustion chamber was the problem, it turned over freely when the plug was out . I tipped the mower over and oil run out the sparkplug hole , I let it drain, then put the sparkplug back it. Now it turned over fine.  It started with about 6 pulls , made a lot of smoke, now runs fine.  I had used one of those squirt oil cans and didn't realize how much oil I had put in the sparkplug hole, atleast I learned something .

borat


Joined: Nov 10, 2007
Points: 2692

Re: Lawn mower problem
Reply #5   Apr 11, 2011 3:55 pm
If the machine is being stored anywhere near dry, you really don't need to oil up the cylinder.  I stopped doing that years ago and have not had a single issue with anything I own.   I just finished firing up my Honda Valkyrie (liquid cooled flat six engine) and my restored '74 Yamaha RD350 (two stroke air cooled twin).   Both put away Nov. 1 and haven't been fired up since.  Both machines running like a top.  No oil in the cylinders, no snake oil in the fuel.   Just put them away with the carbs run dry and full tanks of gasoline.  
MN_Runner


Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Joined: Dec 5, 2010
Points: 622

Re: Lawn mower problem
Reply #6   Apr 11, 2011 6:51 pm
I don't fogged up the cylinder either.  Did not have any issues thus far and don't like re-installing spark plugs over and over again.
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