I've started engines that way for years and have yet to blow one in the process. Are you perhaps using E-10 fuel, if so this might be a part of your problem. There really is not much to go wrong in those small engine carbs as most settings are pretty much fixed. I rather suspect that the engine is getting old and loosing some of its original compression so that it needs that little extra boost to start.
Dale in the Flatlands. "Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous."
terry12572@earthlink.net wrote:I have a walk-behind lawnmower that won't start unless I spray a little starting fluid in the air intake.
I've read elsewhere on the web that doing this can harm a lawn mower's engine and would appreciate any thoughts about that claim.
Money is tight and I'd rather not take the mower to a repair ship, especially since it runs fine after I get it started with the starting fluid.
I've changed the air filter and spark plug but that doesn't help. I don't feel capable of cleaning the carburetor.
The lawn mower is a Craftsman with a Honda engine..
Thanks,
Terry
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