Even the garden tools are getting comfortable on the nails where they’ve stayed motionless for the past three to four weeks. But, there are a couple of lawn and garden conveniences that are still looking for that glass of warm milk and bedtime story.
My
routine for a good starting engine in the spring goes as follows:
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Drain out all but a little bit of gas.
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Start up the mower, and let it run out of gas.
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Drain out the old warmed up oil.
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change out oil filter if there is one
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While waiting for oil to drain clean off the top of the mower
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Fill crank case with recommended oil.
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Tip mower (push type) on its side and remove blade (this gets new oil
distributed all through half the engine)
distributed all through half the engine)
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Sharpen the blade and clean off underside of mower
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Tip the mower on its other side to reattach blade (distributing oil throughout
the
other half of the engine)
other half of the engine)
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If the Spark plug has not been changed in two years, now might be a good time to do this.
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#1 reason mowers don’t start in the spring is old gas left in the mower, varnishing up the carburetor
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#2 Old spark plugs.
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