victa lawn mower - fuel blockage

[Dix_Fix]

Yes marloo your motor is starving I would expect it to be the needle & seat valve they quite often get blocked with crud from the fuel tank. N.B. the blockage is likely to be in the plastic body of the carby. where you plug the fuel hose into the carby (which is just in front of the needle & seat) , take the fuel line off & look down into the the carby side (this feeds the needle & seat & is likely to have junk in it)

Oh marloo it isnt the electric cutout as it starts which it would NOT do if the electric cutout were a problem

[jono1980]

hi all i could really do with some help. i purchased a new victa a couple of months ago, i cut the lawn once and next time i went to use it the thing won't prime... i returned the lawnmower and the salesman could not seem to find the reason behind why it wouldn't prime. i exchanged the lawnmower for the same one took it home and it went great again...for the first time. i am now sitting down writing this in the hope i don't have to return another one.

the model is a tornado victa 2 stroke. fuel is running to the carb fine but that's where it stops, it just won't prime.

any advice would be greatly appreciated.

cheers.

[dazzler]

hi all i could really do with some help. i purchased a new victa a couple of months ago, i cut the lawn once and next time i went to use it the thing won't prime... i returned the lawnmower and the salesman could not seem to find the reason behind why it wouldn't prime. i exchanged the lawnmower for the same one took it home and it went great again...for the first time. i am now sitting down writing this in the hope i don't have to return another one.

the model is a tornado victa 2 stroke. fuel is running to the carb fine but that's where it stops, it just won't prime.

any advice would be greatly appreciated.

cheers.

How do you know its not priming, other than not starting?

[jono1980]

Originally Posted by jono1980
hi all i could really do with some help. i purchased a new victa a couple of months ago, i cut the lawn once and next time i went to use it the thing won't prime... i returned the lawnmower and the salesman could not seem to find the reason behind why it wouldn't prime. i exchanged the lawnmower for the same one took it home and it went great again...for the first time. i am now sitting down writing this in the hope i don't have to return another one.

the model is a tornado victa 2 stroke. fuel is running to the carb fine but that's where it stops, it just won't prime.

any advice would be greatly appreciated.

cheers.

How do you know its not priming, other than not starting?

when i try to prime it there is no fuel buid up in the primer as would normally occur, it just seems to be air when i push it in. i have also pulled the hose off from the carb to the motor and there is no fuel coming through.

[Dix_Fix]

did the primer bulb work the first time?
if so it is something that happened while running the first time (mind you dowsnt have to be something you did)

If it doesnt prime , there can only be a couple of reasons 1 that the primer bulb has some sort of air leak (which is really common) usually around the plastic retaining clip that holds it on or 2 it hasnt got fuel supply to the primer bulb reguardless if it has fuel to the carby there is something stopping it getting to the primer bulb.

A good dollop of grease or vasoline all over the primer bulb will tell you if it is an air leak. As it seal the air leak & let you prime

[dazzler]

I would say someone is assembling them wrong. The chances of 2 having the same problem without a human involved would be a bit remote.

Try undoing the white plastic casing that the bulb is on. Take it off and leave it connected to the fuel line, play with the float and see if its cutting off the fuel. Maybe the needle is jammed a bit. The bulb doesnt prime like many in that you dont generally feel much resistance when priming.

Check for blockages etc and then reassemble. Leave the fuel running and tighten it up as the fuel flows. Leave in the sun for 20min to get warm and it should start. The primer isnt required normally if its hot.

If it doesnt start pull the HT lead and fit a plug. Check for spark as you pull start it. If theres none then move the throttle up and down and check.

As an apprentice I overhauled 100's of these and never had this problem. I actually think its not the fuel primer but something else. Perhaps an ill adjusted electric cutoff.