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  • May 26, 2014, 05:35 AM
    Sfmmc3002
    Engine sounds like it isn't getting fuel
    12.5 horse Briggs and Stratton garden tractor will fire then sounds as if it isn't getting fuel. Any ideas?
  • May 29, 2014, 06:58 PM
    crigby
    Hi,
    Often if it sounds as if it is not getting enough fuel, that is exactly it! Dirty fuel filter or carb are the most common culprits though a pinched fuel line or clogged fuel pikup in the tank are possible.
    Of note is the fact that today's EPA-mandated engines and their emissions focuses caused some extreme changes in the ignitions to the extent that they contain electronics to change the timing. Nowadays an engine that sounds "down on power" may in fact have a partially sheared flywheel key. Years ago it would not run. Now it can often run badly.
    Peace,
    Clarke
  • May 29, 2014, 07:31 PM
    ballengerb1
    Does it keep running if you keep the choke on?

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