Was raining outside so I thought I'd screw with my parents Mantis tiller to get it running again. I took the carb off and sprayed it out with carb cleaner, dumped out the gas tank & put in new, and did some other things. I still would only run at 1/2 throttle and die out at anything above.
I thought the gas line I replaced only 2 years ago looked funny, so I took it with me and bought some new gas line and a filter based off the old one. Turns out the gas line shrunk to about 1/2 the inside diameter it used to be, so it just plain wasn't getting the gas it needed and would die out because it was too lean. I put the new line in with the filter, and she runs like a raped ape again. Funny little tiller though. It gets the same treatement as all the other small engines, but this one is just plain finiky. Almost every year it needs a tune up because it doesn't want to run right. None of the other have given even a glimpse of trouble.
Donovan from Wisconsin
I thought the gas line I replaced only 2 years ago looked funny, so I took it with me and bought some new gas line and a filter based off the old one. Turns out the gas line shrunk to about 1/2 the inside diameter it used to be, so it just plain wasn't getting the gas it needed and would die out because it was too lean. I put the new line in with the filter, and she runs like a raped ape again. Funny little tiller though. It gets the same treatement as all the other small engines, but this one is just plain finiky. Almost every year it needs a tune up because it doesn't want to run right. None of the other have given even a glimpse of trouble.
Donovan from Wisconsin
