I couldn’t start my lawnmower yesterday. I don’t know anything about lawnmowers, really, but I figured if I took it apart I could maybe see what was wrong. I took it apart and couldn’t see what was wrong. When my wife asked me to show her, I reassembled it, but then it unexpectedly started up fine. Lawn-mowing accomplished!
I didn’t do anything…honestly I have no idea. I guess the lawnmower equivalent of “did you try turning it off and turning it on again” is “did you try taking it apart and putting it back together”!
Follow the little round fuel line from the gas tank to the carb. Sometimes there is a special fuel cutoff valve on the bottom of the tank. You can also siphon out the bulk of the gas and run it for a few minutes until it dies to dry it out if you don’t want to fool with the spring clips.