By mistake have turned 4 stroke lawn mower on side, now is it worth repairing? Can it be repaired?
Briggs and Straton 4 stroke lawn mower turned on side to remove the stuck glass blade and since then the lawn mower does not start. Research shows that it should not be done.
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Is it worth repairing? It isn't broke. The only thing tipping the lawn mower will do, is let oil get into the cylinder and foul the plug. The only fix you need to do is let it sit upright for about 5 minutes, check and fill the oil as needed, remove the plug and clean it by spraying a little carb cleaner or ether starting fluid on the plug. Or just use a little gas to clean the plug. Dry the plug with a heat gun or hair drier, re install the plug and run as normal.
You will get some serious smoke when it first starts, but it will clear up as soon as the oil burns out of the cylinder.
Try removing and cleaning the spark plug and restarting..or you may be able to restart with starting fluid sprayed into carb
We did that once. Yes it can be repaired. I can't remember how it was done. Basically by turning it on its side, some of the oil has gone where it should not have gone. Try it again in a few days. If it still won't work you'll have to pay someone to do it.
You can tip your lawn mower to the side that oil is added and drained from the mower. I do it all the time with my mower. This is what I would try, but I am no expert: I would try removing the spark plug and trying to start the mower 10-20 times. Maybe it will blow oil out of the opening. I may then try pouring a little gas in the opening and again trying to start it blowing the gas out of the opening. Rinse the spark plug in gasoline and reinsert it. Maybe that will help.
remove spark plug, clean tip of spark plug with wire brush, check oil level and fill to max, pull cord 10 times without spark plug, then pour a half a shot glass of gasoline in the spark plug hole, install plug and wire, pull to start
I can't see what the problem is here…..we regularly turn ours over and it's never an issue.
How else do you access the blade for removal to have it sharpened or replaced?
You have to turn the mower over.
I dispute entirely that it shouldn't be done and question where you got that information from.
You've probably simply altered something while you were moving it around…..make sure the spark plug lead is still attached and that it's actually got fuel in it.
It may sound simple but it doesn't sound as if you are very mechanically minded so it's a good idea to double check the obvious.
You may also have flooded it and will need to let the fuel drain before it will start…..we have found they prefer to be tipped one way rather than the other depending which side your fuel feed is on.
Check any dead man switches aren't fouled and therefore in the off position.
there's nothing wrong with it other than oil has gotten into the carburetor, refill the oil level,
remove the spark plug squirt some gas in the Cylinder crank it over,
[to blow the oil out]
replace the plug put the choke on start it
it will smoke a while till the oil gets out of the carburetor,
it will be fine.
next time tilt it with the carb up