What does a choke do on a lawn mower?
If the mower is cold, set the choke. The choke helps provide a richer fuel-air mixture to the engine, which helps it stay running until it warms up. Once the mower has been running for a few minutes turn off the choke.Click to see full answer. Similarly one may ask, is it bad to run…
If the mower is cold, set the choke. The choke helps provide a richer fuel-air mixture to the engine, which helps it stay running until it warms up. Once the mower has been running for a few minutes turn off the choke.Click to see full answer. Similarly one may ask, is it bad to run an engine with the choke on?Basically it can’t draw enough fuel with bad Diaphragm. If the engine only runs with the choke full on it means you have a vacuum leak and the engine runs too lean with the choke off. Some times a back fire into the carburetor will blow a pressed-in BB out of a drilled passage way.Additionally, what happens if you leave the choke on too long? Leaving the choke on for too long will cause unnecessary engine wear and waste fuel. This is also bad for the environment. One a cold day, the engine can need more fuel than usual to get running – this makes the mixture ‘rich’, and this is what the choke does. Additionally, how do I start my lawn mower with a choke? A typical starting procedure for an engine with a choke might be: Close the choke (usually on carburetor). Set the throttle control (if any) to the START or HIGH position. Pull the starter cord once or twice (if it doesn’t start on the first one). If it still doesn’t start, open the choke half way. Why does engine only run with choke on?An engine that will fire and run with the choke closed but dies when the choke is opened likely has debris at least partially blocking the fuel passages in the carburetor. In this condition the closed choke provides enough extra fuel to enter the engine to overcome the lack of fuel flowing through the other passages.
