Briggs and Stratton Plastic Carburetor repair. How to take apart and clean.

If you have this Briggs and Stratton Mowers with the plastic carb, no problem I will show you step by step how to fix it or just buy a new one down below.

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[tiffanyhupp]

Sir! I would like to thank you for taking the time to make this video. Last time I sent my lawn mower in when it wouldnt start, they told me it was a dirty carb and charged me a couple hundred to fix. When it didnt start this year I tried my non invasive tricks and nothing worked. It started but wouldn't stay running. Your vid covered EVERYTHING. That little round gasket had fallen off and i found it and didnt know where it went. I was so releaved when you brought it up cuz i now know where it goes. I took it all apart cleaned the carb and re assembled. I put gas in, looked for leaks. In the morning i went to try to start it and it started and stayed running!!!! WAAAA I did it! I fixed my lawn mower with your help!!.THANK YOU!! I am doing an old lady happy dance right now. I did it!!! :-)

[CaliGrandma]

I fixed my lawn mower using your video! Your lawn mower was the closest to ours; plastic carburetor and very similar. Symptoms? Would not start and priming had no effect. This mower sat for multiple year periods with E10 gasoline drying out multiple times. Just like you said at 5:18, "if there's a hole spray through it." In my case, most of the holes didn't appear blocked, other than one of the carb ports that the plastic emulsion tube seals into (that pressed in white piece you removed). The one with the black o-ring, that hole in the carb itself seemed blocked or at least restricted. Put as much carb can spray pressure against it. That finally allowed the mower to start, but it would stall unless I pumped the choke. Ran it at high revs (about 10 minutes) by clamping (I know don't do that) the grounding stall lever on the handle so I could repeatedly press the red prime bulb. Dumped the old years-old E10 gasoline back into the gas container with lots of fresh new E10 gasoline. Refilled the mower tank to 1/4 full. Started it by pumping the prime bulb, but letting it almost stall this time. There must be a lot of negative vacuum from the engine as it stalls, because I could sense with each successive near-stall that it was clearing up, able to run on its own just fractions of a second longer with each near-stall. The ethanol must have been getting through one of the plugged orifices and doing what solvents do, dissolve the gummed up hydrocarbon olefins inside the carburetor. I kept letting it almost stall a few more times and voila, it ran on its own!!! A can a carb cleaner (mostly unused), your video, and a little patience. Thank you for this great video!! Success! Just need to let my family know that if they want to keep the mower running tip-top, they need to use it regularly. So obvious!

[andrewkronschnabel]

Just cleaned out my carb in 10 minutes thanks to this video! Started started first pull. Thank you !

[ordeverX]

As a guy whos never done any sort of repair work on things like this, this video was a complete lifesaver. Took me about 90 minutes (lol) but following your steps made it easy and understandable. My 10 year old mower started right up like it was new. Thank you!

[chapyingersoll]

Thanks for the instructional video. I had almost an identical carburetor hunting real badly. Followed your instructions to a "T", and runs great now. Thanks again.

[poolwaiter]

Dude, had never done this before, followed your instructions and one pulled my mower for the first time in a year. From death to one pull.

[lindsaywood]

Thank you! Lawnmower wouldn't start, followed your video, now it works like a charm.

[josephbeck]

This video is YouTube at its best. Thank you so much for posting it. I followed it step by step and got right to mowing.

[mojosunshine]

Thank you so much! We were unable to start our mower even with starter fluid. My thirteen year old changed the spark plug and that didn't do the trick. Following your video we cleaned the carburetor and our lawn mower started right up! So awesome!

[christianstruck]

Super helpful video. My mower had been sitting for over a year and wouldn’t start. It took me about 30 minutes start to finish following this video and my mower started right back up. Thank you!

[daler.]

I take the plastic valve apart and clean everything. Also taking the 3 screws out of the recoil and getting it out of the way makes things a little easier and you'll be able to see all of the linkage and you don't have to fight but being able to see but I'm old and need all the light and space I can get lol. Battery tools are basically a must for saving time. 1/4" impact and ratchet are my to to along with 3/8" and then to air if needed. Great video.

[blakel]

This did the trick! Thanks for saving me $$ on a replacement. The O-ring on mine was holding so strong I thought it was sealed until I saw your video.

[springerherdt]

Thank you thank you thank you! You just saved me a hundred dollars, a drive to the hardware store, and a lot of inconvenience. A couple notes, this was much easier when I took the top off. If anyone is struggling to put it back together, keep track of the choke (thin) and the throttle (thick) and do it in an elevated surface like a table or a work bench if you can lift the mower. Again, thanks! Off to mow!!

[simnleen]

I went through all this.. and it was actually my spark plug. But at least now I have a clean carb and learned a few things! Thanks for this video

[WilliamHollinger]

Thank you for this. Down to the basic I don't care for a introduction just get too the issue I really liked.

[JeremyKMcGill]

Mower’s been stored for three years. I took the carburetor apart and cleaned it but wouldn’t stay running. I watched your video and saw one mistake that I made and was able to fix it. I should’ve come here first. lol
Thanks for posting!

[renanfabiano]

You just saved my lawnmower, thank you very much!

[lincolnmicrophonellc]

Thank you! I watched this and got my Toro back up and running. Pulling that little white assembly with what I assume are the jets and cleaning those out I think was it. Draining all of the gas and finding water and debris was part of the problem.

[edkotapish]

Thank you for this video. She's running like brand new!

[bagg]

Great video very helpful. Thank yiu. Suggestion. Better still photo of aligned reassembled carb. I was too quick to remember how I took it apart ! Lol thank you again