Riding mower sputters & back fires when blades are engaged

jake ohern · #1 Sep 28, 2008, 03:04 PM

My 2002 Scotts 1642h lawn tractor stalls sputters chokes & backfires when blades are engaged but will operate at low speed or w choke on and resume running smothly when blades are disengaged. The carb has been cleaned throughly, new fuel filter and plug.got any suggestions ?

Solarrigger2000 · Oct 9, 2008, 05:13 AM

check all pulleys and belts, something may need to be lubricated

ballengerb1 · Oct 9, 2008, 10:22 AM

Your carb may have been cleaned but that doesn't guarantee that it does have a speck of junk in it. I've rebuilt carbs and still had the problem. A $190 new OEM carb was my final solution.



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