Too much oil in toro selfpropelled 6.5HP
Like others in this post I put too much oil in my 1yr old toro. I kept checking the
Reading on the dipstick and it kept calling for more so..
In my case, the engine started and then died after 2 seconds. Oil was dripping from
Paper filter. I pulled that off and tried starting again and the pull cord is seizing.
I pulled the plug and it was wet. I drained the oil out but the pull cord is still seizing
And the thing doesn't even sound like it wants to start.
I am a putterer--- but I do need to cut the lawn so the repair can't take all summer.
Any advice on self repair? Do I need to dismantle the engine? How much do you reckon
A small engine repair shop will charge?
Follow-up on "too much oil in toro lawn mower"
Thanks for the reply ballengerb1! Just a note on clarification lest I screw up my
Mower even worse. You suggest that I "add a few ounces of fuel to the cylinder".
Qs: does this mean that I pour gas into the hole where I pulled the spark plug?
Qs: a few ounces sounds like a lot --- is the idea that the gas is needed to cut
The viscosity of the oil to thereby get it to "shoot out" the cylinder via the spark plug hole
When I pull the cord a few times?
Qs: do I keep pulling till nothing more comes out of the cylinder?
Qs: there was oil coming out of my carb filter as well --- do I need to flush the carb as well?