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  • May 21, 2011, 01:26 PM
    zukhov
    Murray Riding mower, with 17.5 Tecumseh, dies and will not run after it gets hot.
    After about 30-45 minutes it will die and will not run. You can start it with the choke, but it dies as soon as you put it on run, so I assume it is a fuel problem. Rebuilt the carb and cleaned it several times. Cleaned the tank and fuel line. Replaced the fuel filter and air filter and spark plug. Any ideas?
  • May 21, 2011, 04:06 PM
    DG

    Sounds like you have a clogged fuel cap and its not letting your take to vent . This is called a vapor lock.
    Luck
  • May 27, 2011, 07:14 PM
    zukhov
    Cleaned cap and drilled vent hole larger. Tried mowing and started dying after about 40 minutes . It was a good try, anyway. Back to square one.
  • May 29, 2011, 08:25 AM
    DG

    Sounds like you need to look at the carb , maybe let some one that knows how they work look at it.I'm not trying to be mean , but it sounds like your about ready to blow it up.. I have had to take these carbs apart and soak over night in strong carb cleaner more than once , you can hand clean them but that's not good enough.
    Luck

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