Very likely your primer which causes a vacuum to pull the fuel from the tank to the carburetor has a "rubber ball" and rubber gasket that has cracked, causing it to leak gas.
probably a loose or streched drive belt. also the drive pulley could be loose. the main thing wrong is that it is a craftsman. my experience with craftsman products has been very unhappy, they are starting to make junk. try a John Deere product the next time you will be glad you did.
If the wrong oil is used in a lawnmower, do not start it. Simply drain the oil as completely as possible and fill with the proper oil.
You may do serious damage to the lawnmower if the wrong spark plug is installed.
There is gas pouring on the engine. You have a fuel leak.
No. Craftsman , AYP , Husky , whatever have cloned the JD low end model. AYP Craftsman is a decent LAWNMOWER if cared for. A great value. The "Made for BOX STORE John Deere" is not the same one your Pappy plowed the fields with. It is made to compete with the Craftsman. Period. It uses the same engines and transaxles as its competitors, BUT IS NOT MADE IN THE SAME FACTORY. Anybody that says otherwise is WRONG. Buy the Craftsman, keep the extra cash. Move along. ToeCutter.
Made mistake of pouring wrong container in radiator
try finding out whats wrong with it 1st
Blown headgasket or an idiot pouring oil in the wrong hole.
On Uranus I,m afraid you are wrong. The mechanical lawnmower was invented by an English engineer Edwin Budding from Stroud in 1830.
I could assume this problem may lie in the pressure used on the primer bulb. Try steady, slower pressure on the bulb... . New info. Just was working on my neighbors unit. same problem. we thought it was dirt clogging carburator. cleaned every thing and blew air through everything. still no prime fuel to the carb. got looking around and all the fuel lines in the tank had disintegrated from setting in the garage for a few years with fuel in the system.
Just drain the incorrect oil and re-fill with the correct oil. There shouldn't be any damage unless you ran it for an extended period of time.
No. They are the wrong diameter, 45 you need large pistol/large rifle sized primer diameter. Also rifle primers are thicker and require a heavier primer strike that some pistols can not deliver. My Springfield XDM only intermittently can set off a small rifle primer when used to load 9mm.