The lawn mower air filter went bad REALLY FAST (2 uses). Why would this happen?
Monday, April 21st, 2008Self asked:
I have a fairly standard lawn that a mow with a push mower. The lawn wraps around the house and generally takes about 15 min max to completely mow. Anyhow, I recently put in a new air filter and mowed the lawn using it twice. But when I tried to mow today, the mower coughed and died. I took out the filter and checked it out: it’s partially-grey and oily. I was able to start the mower perfectly without the filter, and it sounded fine and ran fine (I didn’t mow without the filter… I just started it without the filter to check that it would start and run, then once it did, I turned it right off.)
I have a fairly standard lawn that a mow with a push mower. The lawn wraps around the house and generally takes about 15 min max to completely mow. Anyhow, I recently put in a new air filter and mowed the lawn using it twice. But when I tried to mow today, the mower coughed and died. I took out the filter and checked it out: it’s partially-grey and oily. I was able to start the mower perfectly without the filter, and it sounded fine and ran fine (I didn’t mow without the filter… I just started it without the filter to check that it would start and run, then once it did, I turned it right off.)
Anyhow, this seems odd. Should an air filter go bad that fast? Is something wrong with the mower? Thanks.
Question posted courtesy of: Cheryl
