OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Finding and Swapping Tip & Curb Side Finds My Victa And Some Hard Rubbish Finds

G'day everyone,

Hi NormK you could be right mate, yes it was the brand new "Made In Australia" tap and filter I was using when this happened, like I said the mower was running fine up until the fuel level dropped a bit then it started surging badly and fast revving on it's own like it was running out of fuel or something. I checked the tank and the fuel level was about to top level of the fuel filter.

Hi Maxwestern, I did check the petrol cap that night after it happened and it seemed to be venting ok. I removed the fuel line to see how it was flowing with the cap tightly on and also with the cap removed. The fuel flow seemed to be running at the same rate.

But what I did notice was as the tank was getting lower and lower, the fuel flow was also getting slower and weaker, towards the bottom of the tank the fuel was just trickling out. No way near as much flow as it was when it had more fuel in the tank.

I took some photo's of the new tap and filter and also of the original broken one that was in my tank for comparision between the filter sizes. Also on the older style tap it's just a little bit longer in the thread area which actually makes it fit better in the tank when compared to the new one. These new taps are sold complete with the filter. You know I also have another new same yellow handle tap and filter which I haven't used, it's exactly the same as this one which I removed. I have a spare tank in the shed maybe I can try my own experiment on the bench to test the flow between this one and the other new one? Can you just use tap water for the test or should I use 2 stroke mix for the test?

Also forgot to mention the fuel tap and filter that I have installed in my tank now which works great is the same style as the broken one I removed and have pictured here with the long white fuel filter.

Cheers!