Chummy fuelling problem

[Rory Nicol]

I had a very similar problem with the Briggs and Stratton engine on my lawnmower. Eventually it got to the point that I couldn't  start it at all. I took the walk of shame to a garden machinery repair shop. The guy there identified that the fuel filter I had fitted previously was for a pumped system and that I needed one for a gravity fed system. Apparently the filters for a pumped system provide too much resistance to flow.The filter was duly replaced and for the first time in several years I can cut all the grass in one go.