It's that time of year again...for us anyway, we leave it as long as possible and the grass out the back is getting rather long! Only problwm being that I can't get the darned lawnmower started! We had the same problem last year, my dad got it going in the end but he's not here today :(

Has anyone got any tips..plz :D

Do you always drain off the petrol when you store it away?  you should always do so and then start with fresh the following season

Ermm....no! After reading some sites I realise thats what we shoould have done :D Will wait for my dad to get back, have put the stupid thing back in the garage now! thanks tho :)

We're very bad at maintaining our lawn-mower :D Having said that, we've had it for 21 years and it's only been serviced (by OH) about 4 times and never gets drained down each winter - it nearly always starts first time tho' and (apart from new blades a few times) hasn't never been a problem :)

Daisy

Do you wanna send your OH round here to get our started please Daisy? I tried 4 or 5 times..watch my dad get it going first time, that would be typical :D

Try spaying the spark plug with WD40 (obviously take cap off)
Also keep priming but try starting every 3 pumps to avoid flooding the engine

Same thing happened to ours last year a new spark plug and fresh oil did the trick. As said spraying spark plug with wd40 should help.

Has it been serviced?