Originally Posted by deejay66
Hi to All,
Just to throw the cat amongst the pidgeons, the poll seems to be showing a convincing argument for 'turning OFF the fuel tap and RUNNING till she stops.'

Here is a direct quote from the Victa Tilt-a-Cut Manual from the Parts and Manuals area:

" TO STOP ENGINE
To stop engine at any time move throttle lever to "STOP" position. This will immediately operate the cut-out switch
in the ignition circuit and the engine will then stop.
At the conclusion of cutting move the throttle lever to "STOP" position and turn off the fuel. IT IS NOT RECOM
MENDED THAT THE ENGINE BE RUN UNTIL THE CARBURETTOR IS DRY AS THIS LEAVES THE ENGINE DRY AND EXTREMELY HOT AND CAN ONLY LEAD TO HARD STARTING.
After the engine has stopped, set throttle lever to the "GRASSCUTTING" position before folding the handles or
before storing the edger to avoid undue strain on the throttle cable."

That's Victa's recommendation, what are your thoughts? grin
cheers2

Darryl,

I agree with the part about the throttle cable because many of the Victa's cables pull out of the plastic carbies if you don't put the throttle control down when folding the handle down.

But if you leave the fuel turned on in the Victa's the engine will tend to flood.

When you want to restart the mower all you need to do is turn the fuel on and alow about 30 seconds for the fuel to fill the carby bowl and pump the primer about six times instead of the three times suggested.

With the old Victa mowers it was better to run the fuel out because if you left the fuel in the carby (for a long period) and it dried out you would get a powder residue left in the bowl, hence the jets would get blocked and the mower would not start.

Hope that this is explains why. cheers2

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Bruce


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