Coyotefred
New User
Hi everyone,
Newbie question here. I have a 520 gas that has run pretty reliably for several years. I hadn't been able to run it since Nov 2013 and today I finally got around to starting it. It wouldn't start and wouldn't start so I pulled and cleaned the plugs, but still no luck. Eventually I shot a little gas into one cylinder to prime things (something the previous owner suggested) and I eventually got it to catch and run. But when I throttled it up several ounces of gas squirted out of a tube on the underside of the tractor, and the tractor had several loud backfires. This happened a few more tires as I throttled it up and down. I let it run for awhile and eventually only a few drips of gas were coming out of that 'overflow' (?) tube and there was only one backfire in about 5 minutes. I'm attaching a picture of this tube/pipe on the underside that the gas came out of.
I've never had this gas discharge/overflow happen before...what is the explanation?
Thanks for your time,
Newbie question here. I have a 520 gas that has run pretty reliably for several years. I hadn't been able to run it since Nov 2013 and today I finally got around to starting it. It wouldn't start and wouldn't start so I pulled and cleaned the plugs, but still no luck. Eventually I shot a little gas into one cylinder to prime things (something the previous owner suggested) and I eventually got it to catch and run. But when I throttled it up several ounces of gas squirted out of a tube on the underside of the tractor, and the tractor had several loud backfires. This happened a few more tires as I throttled it up and down. I let it run for awhile and eventually only a few drips of gas were coming out of that 'overflow' (?) tube and there was only one backfire in about 5 minutes. I'm attaching a picture of this tube/pipe on the underside that the gas came out of.
I've never had this gas discharge/overflow happen before...what is the explanation?
Thanks for your time,