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  Lawncare-4u.co.uk March 7, 2010 at 8:12pm

  check fuel is on . on etesia it seems like its opposite on and off !
  
  check choke quick , then move to off quickly as it starts or half-way
  
  check throttle is on full initially ............
  
  check fresh fuel is full...................is it tuurning or sparking ?
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  Stephen @ SJS March 7, 2010 at 8:39pm

  Have used the following for some info on mower engines, also gives you an insight
  http://www.briggsandstratton.com/maint_repair/
  
  http://www.lawnmowerman.com/Troubleshooting.asp
  
  first thing to do is drop the petrol out of carb, clean air filter,change spark plug & take it from there alll this has been mentioned earlier in thread sound advice.
  
  Cheers
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  Richard Lilley March 8, 2010 at 6:26am

  Thanks guys. Its a Briggs & Stratton 3HP engine. I did put new fuel in but the biggest problems were a) getting it to fire and then b) once it had fired, getting it to stay running. I'll take on board the advice and play a bit more with it later. It's first job is next week so lots of time to recover from the blistered fingers and sore pulling arm! LOL
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    Classic Gardens > Richard Lilley March 8, 2010 at 7:41am

    We had the same problem on our wolf scarifyer. The problem was the fuel filter being small it clogged easily.
    
    Richard Lilley said:

    Thanks guys. Its a Briggs & Stratton 3HP engine. I did put new fuel in but the biggest problems were a) getting it to fire and then b) once it had fired, getting it to stay running. I'll take on board the advice and play a bit more with it later. It's first job is next week so lots of time to recover from the blistered fingers and sore pulling arm! LOL
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  Classic Gardens March 8, 2010 at 4:51pm

  I think its not actually a fuel filter as such more of a fine screen at the bottom of the tube in the fuel tank
  
  colin said:

  3hp dont usually have a fuel filter, i would check spark maybe look at the flywheel see if it is clean
  
  Richard Lilley said:

  Thanks guys. Its a Briggs & Stratton 3HP engine. I did put new fuel in but the biggest problems were a) getting it to fire and then b) once it had fired, getting it to stay running. I'll take on board the advice and play a bit more with it later. It's first job is next week so lots of time to recover from the blistered fingers and sore pulling arm! LOL
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  Richard Lilley March 8, 2010 at 5:12pm

  Cheers Steve. Bitch of an engine seems to sum it up nicely. Everything seems to be geared towards very slowly bringing the engine up to speed. Once its warm, no problem
  
  steve loftus said:

  this is a bitch of an engine,(saw pic on ebay of one), we have them on a mountfield cylinder mower and a scarifier, full choke to fire up and then very,very slowly open up the choke,possibly leaving it chugging at half choke till the engine warms up.should be okay once warm.