Small engine novice looking for some help. Mower (Craftsman 6.5 briggs and stratton) was previously running well, started up on the first pull or first few pulls every time now issue. I hit a root a week ago and broke the flywheel key. Replaced that and reassembled, went to mow the fairly neglected lawn at that point.
Engine intermittently seems to be running way too rich (black smoke, really bogged down barely running but not stalling). It seems to start out of nowhere, and can run that way for a couple of minutes before returning to normal. Happens when the mower is being pushed relatively flat or up a small incline.
I have a portion of property that has a fairly significant slope for 6 or 7 feet and i noticed it did not occur when the mower was pointed down and then pulled back up the slope. It seems (but this could be my imagination/dumb luck) that pulling it backwards sometimes snaps it out of running rich after ~20 feet (but again, this could be my imagination, it is not 100%).
Wondering what to check/look for? Already tried removing the air filter and cleaning the carb (removed and disassembled).
Couple of pictures from my last saga of the mower to give an idea:
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/craftsman-push-mower-starts-and-stalls.370950/
Engine intermittently seems to be running way too rich (black smoke, really bogged down barely running but not stalling). It seems to start out of nowhere, and can run that way for a couple of minutes before returning to normal. Happens when the mower is being pushed relatively flat or up a small incline.
I have a portion of property that has a fairly significant slope for 6 or 7 feet and i noticed it did not occur when the mower was pointed down and then pulled back up the slope. It seems (but this could be my imagination/dumb luck) that pulling it backwards sometimes snaps it out of running rich after ~20 feet (but again, this could be my imagination, it is not 100%).
Wondering what to check/look for? Already tried removing the air filter and cleaning the carb (removed and disassembled).
Couple of pictures from my last saga of the mower to give an idea:
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/craftsman-push-mower-starts-and-stalls.370950/