Posted by Goose on May 05, 2019 at 15:04:53 from (166.181.85.149):
On another forum, I posted the other day about my wife loaning a neighbor a riding lawn mower. The mower she loaned them is a 42" with an 18.5 single cylinder B&S engine.
The next time my wife wanted to use the unit, the engine wouldn't turn over. I pulled the spark plug and found the cylinder full of gasoline. The crankcase was empty, also. I spun the engine with the spark plug out long enough to clear the cylinder of gasoline. I added oil to the crankcase, put the plug back in, and tried starting it. It would run for a few seconds and die. Smoked like hell while it tried to run. I theorized that the teenager who actually mowed with it had run it the whole time with the choke closed.
I checked it again this afternoon, and the cylinder was full of gas again. I pulled the intake manifold loose, and it was dry inside.
My question is, how the heck can the cylinder be filling with gasoline when the thing is just sitting? I never saw anything like that before.
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