Try running it w/out the gas cap. Does the behavior change?

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Sep 21, 2021
5:27:15pm

Dread Pirate Westley Intervention Needed

Try running it w/out the gas cap. Does the behavior change?

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Dread Pirate Westley

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Small motor experts: my lawn mower runs for about 90 seconds then dies.

mobomanjoe

9/21/21 5:21pm

Plugged pilot jet in the carborator. Carb clean.

JAGA97

9/21/21 5:22pm

Try running it w/out the gas cap. Does the behavior change?

Dread Pirate Westley

9/21/21 5:27pm

So it would start to die out, and then kind of rev up again, die, rev up, etc

mobomanjoe

9/21/21 5:51pm

Sounds like your cap might not be venting, but that's probably not all.

Dread Pirate Westley

9/21/21 6:00pm

It sounds like it’s burning more gas than it can replace. So a bad gas cap isnt

DiamondMo

9/21/21 7:09pm

I had this happen on a motorcycle once. A spider web in the gas cap had blocked

Megamind

9/22/21 1:27am

Could be crappy gas

ChiefBeef

9/21/21 5:28pm

Sounds like it is starved for gas. Clean carb.

Hobo

9/21/21 5:28pm

Will it stay running if you keep the choke open?

LiveCoug

9/21/21 5:31pm

Not sure how to do that. It has an “auto choke system”.

mobomanjoe

9/21/21 5:52pm

Did you check the air filter?

Pickett

9/21/21 7:11pm

Yeah it was pretty clean

mobomanjoe

9/21/21 7:39pm

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