Comments on: Help! I Poured Oil into the Gas Tank of a Lawnmower

By: robert

robert — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:21:15 +0000

my kid put diesel in his gocart gas engine. i drained the tank and replaced the spark plug but it won’t start.

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:36:26 +0000

Jennifer-Excellent point. I’ve ammended the post.

By: modernemama

modernemama — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:57:45 +0000

No but I did put gas in my diesel tank once. Just once.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:11:23 +0000

I’ve heard of this… I’d also add to your instructions that if you still can’t get it started after changing the oil, you should change the spark plugs, as they are likely coated in oil.

We have a push power.. no gas here!

By: why S?

why S? — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:42:40 +0000

I don’t know of anyone who’s done this, but other than my parents, I don’t know anyone else with a lawnmower. To JB, not a solution. I live in the city and and I still have a lawn. A small one, but it’s a lawn. But we have an electric lawn mower, a Lawn Pup. It’s great. But it’s corded so you have to have a really small lawn.

By: JB

JB — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:13:43 +0000

Sell that silly suburban house with a lawn.
Move to the city!

If you can’t move,
ask your neighbors
if you can keep goats
and chickens.

I’ve mowed a few lawns.
If I’m lucky I’ll never mow one again.