I have a weedeater mower 961140007, no manual. What kind of fuel does it use? IS it a mixture or what?

It is probably 2 cycle fuel. You can buy them in almost any store along with the oils. You will see it labeled 2 cycle. It gives instructions on the bottle of how to mix it with the gas. It is usually the small bottle and one gallon of gas to get the right mixture.

This is the stupidness and most ineffiecient site that I have had the misfortune to ever come across. I have spent the last half hour signing up, and now when I ask a question, it gives me some mumbo jumbo about plumbing pipes. My question was about fuel for a weedeater lawn mower, DUH DUH!!

Ok, hold on for a moment. This is for a lawn mower correct? Not a weedeater? Where did you purchase this? It is a push mower and the brand is weedeater?

It should take regular gasoline but let me check that out.

Calm down buddy.

I understand how you feel. It is a really helpful site if you let it be. You just have to get the right person to help you. If I was there in person I could slove your problem but I am trying to get some information to help you out.

Yes it is a weedeater lawnmower. 300 series
Model # 961140007 Thanks for your help

Ok, let me see what I can find for you.

Yes, as I am finding. Almost all mowers, with yours the briggs and stratton motor will take and run on regular gas. I will give you a website that has reviews and you might want to think about exchanging it after reading these.

Walmart Weed Eater 20'' 300 Series Side Discharge Push Mower Model # 961140014 (Not for Sale in California) Customer Ratings & Reviews - Top & Best Rated Products

Gold11:

I'm sorry you had a bad first experience here. Your question was not answered by an expert and you did state that you had a Weedeater mower.

For some dumb reason, Weadeater get's associated with being a trimmer. The mower thing goes in one ear and out the other.

I did not open this link, but I'm sure it has the information that you desire. There are links to the owner's manual and a parts manual.

PoulanPro: Outdoor Power Equipment

It took a couple of searches to find this.

Again, I apologize for your bad experience.

I answered what he needed to know. You don't need to be an expert to answer a question around here.

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I answered what he needed to know. You don't need to be an expert to answer a question around here.

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True, and I didn't answer his question directly. He did state he had no manual. Now he does.

Both of us provided useful information. Both of us apologized.

I'd also like to clarify the gas spec.

In general, don't use 87 octane. Use at least the mid grade and preferably the high grade.

I find that changing the oil, replacing the spark plug and air filer and sharpening and balancing the blade once a year is all I have to do.

My favorite mower is a Troy Built that's 18 years old that I use most of the time.

The other 3 are about 30-35 years old and use the same engine. They don't activate the choke properly, but I'm too lazy to fix since I rarely use them. Two use the same bag. All Briggs engines. I was at Kmart and realized that they are still using the same stupid throttle plate. An aircraft nut and a bevel washer will fix that rather than use a rivet. The rivet wears and loosens over time and the choke and kill won't activate so buying a replacement part won't work. I have to engineer a fix that will.

Have a roto-tiller about the same age.

And

A Craftsman snowblower with a Tecumseh engine about the same age that I'm about 95% done on the rebuild job.
It's useable. I need to modify an oil dipstick to fit, fix an oil leak (probably drain) and possibly add an aftermarket elecronic ignition.

It takes straight gas 87 octane or lower make sure to check the oil in the crank cace before each use

You always want to use the lowest octane of gas in small four stroke engines because with lower octane the engine runs cooler.

Note that in this reference, higher octane means lower cumbustion temperature. Lower cumbustion temps mean a cooler engine. A cooler engine means longer lifetime.

Why Liquid Cooled? - More power per cubic inch

My answer still stands from an engineering standpoint and particularly for air-cooled engines.

Hey all of you should know that (ALL) briggs and stratton engines are four stroke engines!

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you always want to use the lowest octane of gas in small four stroke engines because with lower octane the engine runs cooler.

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Just to keep the record straight the higher the octane the better and cooler any engine runs that I know of so far.

I proved that on a 2 cycle boat motor. The unmentioned results of a cooler engine and higher octane is the engines valves last longer form combustion deposits. Not to mention cleaner and longer lasting spark plugs.

If the engine has a fuel tank mounted close the engine the fuel going to engine will also be cooler.

Now lets mention temperature of fuel.

Pure alcohol fuel in a funny car is run through coils with Ice in the middle of the coils to chill fuel.

My boat mechanic praises me for using High Test gas and TCW 3 two cycle oil. High Test gas is the secret here.