I have never had this problem before. I have no problem starting up a utility but after shutting it down after use, it won't restart if I pull the rope a few minutes later.
I thought it was a sticking needle as it worked last time when I tapped the carburetor but this time it didn't and still refused when I tried pushing the primer a couple of times.
Only when I tried removing the spark plug and clearing out the cylinder with a couple of pulls of the rope and replacing the plug, it started first pull with some smoke that cleared quickly, suggesting the crankcase got flooded.
I did another bit of lawn, shut it down, and guess what, wouldn't restart when I discovered another bit I missed. Any suggestions? Very strange behavior (to me).
Note: I forgot, I actually found a tin of two stroke fuel disposed of with another Victa mower I found, and after seeing it had no water in it and had the dark green colour suggesting out was two stroke mix, poured out all into the large capacity tank of this mower. Perhaps it's stale, but it does work fine once you do get it going!
