Originally Posted By: Squirrelee
Yep, check the choke and valve clearances:
Choke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-IcF4NjLo
Valves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1anxdNWf5Y
My lawn tractor had the same symptoms, turned out the easy fix was to adjust the choke cable as in the linked video above. Seems the screw holding the combo throttle/chock cable had vibrated loose just enough to allow the cable to slip.
Yep, check the choke and valve clearances:
Choke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j-IcF4NjLo
Valves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1anxdNWf5Y
My lawn tractor had the same symptoms, turned out the easy fix was to adjust the choke cable as in the linked video above. Seems the screw holding the combo throttle/chock cable had vibrated loose just enough to allow the cable to slip.