Hi Vic. My mower is actually ok.. I think it was just more getting used to the typical start up sequence. This is what I have to do each time I go to start my mower:
I'm not sure if this is a normal startup sequence or not, but it seems to work for me. I just got used to it and it works fine for me now. Try doing this, and maybe you'll be ok.
-Andrew
Thank you for the information! I found their Ethanol video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX6CFlQbUXI
Glad I watched it, it's very informative. I will have to make sure next time I get gas to pay more attention.
So I think I'm just a little impatient. I went back and just kept doing the following:
1. put on choke
2. start engine, and wait for it to fail
3. pull on the starter 4 or 5 times
4. repeat
After about 6 to 8 times of cycling through this, it finally started and stayed on. I let it run for a minute or so, stopped it, and then was able to easily start it without even using the choke.
So it's running fine now. Could anyone help me understand why this occured? There's probably a logical explanation that I just do not understand yet.
Hi everyone. Happy spring.
Today, I am trying to mow for the 1st time this season. I'm getting the same exact problem again with fresh gas and ample oil.
Any more ideas what is wrong and what a long term fix would be?
Hey, just an update. I called Husqvarna support when I got home from work today. After I explained my situation, they said I had done all the troubleshooting they could do over the phone. So they basically just pointed me to 2 local repair shops. One was still open so I took the mower over to them. The guy fired it up in the parking lot and it worked. I looked like a pretty big idiot. We let it run for a while, and stopped it and restarted it a few times. Best the guy could tell me is maybe there was some dirt in the line or in carb and maybe the bumps drive over shook it loose.
Anyway.. after feeling pretty dumb, I brought it home and succesfully mowed my lawn. So the best advice I can give at this point is if you're having this problem, take your mower for a spin around town. Make sure to go up and down some hills and hit some nice bumps. Maybe it'll magically work!
Hi Eric,
So what are you going to do?
-Andrew
Hi, are there instructions somewhere on how to remove/clean the carburator? I'm pretty handy but have not worked on engines before.