Tips on How to Fix Your Push Lawn Mower's Leaky Carburetor

So you have pulled and pulled but your push lawn mower just wont run. It may not start, or it might shut off as soon as it starts running. The worst part is the gasoline you poured into the gas tank is leaking out. Well the problem is probably the carburetor. And here are some tips you can use to get that push mower running like new.

Check the bottom of your carburetor. If you see gasoline dripping down from it, one of the seals might be bad. That means you will probably have to rebuild it. Lawn mowers come in many different shapes and sizes, but they are all pretty simple and easy to repair. The first thing you will have to do is remove the air cleaner from the carburetor. Depending on the model it could be as simple as two screws and your done, or you might need to take off the air filter cover, remove the air filter, and then undo two bolts that hold the air filter' backing plate on, and take it off. Now you should see the carburetor.

If there is gasoline in the gas tank you will need to stop the flow of it to the carburetor before you continue. This can be done with a clamp that presses the sides of the gas line, the hose that goes from the gas tank to the carburetor. Then remove the hose clamp and take the gas line off of the carburetor. If you do not have a clamp, You can shove a pencil in the end of the gas line to stop the flow. This can be done by taking the gas line off of the carburetor, warning gas will pour out at you, and stuff a round pencil with the led broken off in the end to block the flow.

Now that the gas line is off of the carburetor. There are two bolts that hold the carburetor to the engine. The closed and of a regular wrench is probably what you will want to use. There should be a couple of wires that are on the carburetor, remove those and take the carburetor to where you want to work on it.

The Rebuild kit you purchased might have a small instruction manual on how to put everything together. Follow it exactly if it does. If it does not, take the larger parts off of your carburetor. All of the gaskets will probably need to be replaced. So clean the carburetor with crab cleaner, or kerosene and then put then put the new gaskets where the old ones used to be and reassemble the carburetor. Then put it back in the reverse order in which you took it off.