Engine Wouldn't Start...

[lummo]

Went to fire up the engine for the first time for a couple of weeks this afternoon, and it wouldn't start.

 

Engine turned over fine, but just wouldn't fire.

 

I took out the spark-plug, and it was very sooted up. So I took off the cylinder-head & gave everything a good decoke, cleaned the plug up and put everything back together.

 

It's running like a dream now. Very pleased with the results.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, maybe I should say - this was on the Briggs & Stratton engine in my lawn-mower

[Steve J]

Mine wouldn't start till i found the bolts that hold the cylinder head to the block were loose. :-(

[John FISH Curtis]

Blimey, reading that i was thinking removing the head is a bit extreme for a potential flat battery