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SECTION 8: TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
If further assistance is required, contact your authorized service dealer
Trouble Possible Cause(s) Corrective Action
ENGINE WILL
NOT START
•
On/Off control in the STOP position
• Empty fuel tank
• Primer bulb wasn’t pressed enough
• Engine is flooded
• Old or improperly mixed fuel
• Fouled spark plug
• Plugged spark arrestor
• Turn On/Off control to ON
• Fill fuel tank with properly-mixed fuel
• Press primer bulb fully and slowly 10 times
• Use starting procedure with choke lever in the RUN
position
• Drain gas tank and add fresh fuel mixture
• Replace or clean spark plug
• Clean or replace the spark arrestor
ENGINE WILL
NOT IDLE
• Air filter is plugged
• Old or improperly mixed fuel
• Improper carburetor adjustment
• Throttle cable not seated in
carburetor plate guide
• Replace or clean the air filter
• Drain gas tank and add fresh fuel mixture
• Adjust according to the Carburetor Adjustment
section
• Install according to the Throttle Cable Assembly
section
ENGINE WILL
NOT
ACCELERATE
• Old or improperly mixed fuel
• Improper carburetor adjustment
• Cutting attachment bound with grass
• Dirty air filter
• Plugged spark arrestor
• Drain gas tank and add fresh fuel mixture
• Take to an authorized service dealer for adjustment
• Stop the engine and clean the cutting attachment
• Clean or replace the air filter
• Clean or replace spark arrestor
ENGINE LACKS
POWER OR
STALLS WHEN
CULTIVATING
• Old or improperly mixed fuel
• Improper carburetor adjustment
• Fouled spark plug
• Plugged spark arrestor
• Drain gas tank and add fresh fuel mixture
• Take to an authorized service dealer for adjustment
• Replace or clean spark plug
• Clean or replace the spark arrestor