Fix a Toro Recycler - Starts Then Dies
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- Learn how to fix a Toro 22" Recycler that starts and then stops. Clean the water and jelly junk left over from ethanol fuel in the plastic carburetor on this Briggs and Stratton 675EX engine. These engines are found on many different mowers made by Toro, Troy-Bilt, Craftsman, Cub Cadet, Yardman, Lawn-Boy, Bolens, Husqvarna, and many more.
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00:00 I'm not Zoto
01:23 Oil and Air filter check
01:54 Drain carburetor bowl
04:18 Carburettor disassembly and clean
07:22 Carburetor re-assembly
10:58 Replace carburetor
13:06 Replace air filter and airbox
13:59 The money shot
14:36 RPM adjustment
16:36 "It's over. Go home"
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I just fixed the toro and mowed the lawn for the first time this year! I love you beyond words! I want to send you chocolates! :D
Sounds great!
Enjoyed listening to your instructions. UNLIKE others on You Tube, you were LOUD enough, spoke clearly, and maintained camera angle great. Good Instructions. Thank you, Ma'am.
Awesome, thank you! I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
It's a shame that companies are making today's equipment to be thrown away after a few seasons. Plastic carbs, No Oil changes, plastic engine parts. These pieces of equipment will not last 15-20 years like the mowers made in years past. Great video and I love how detailed you are in your explanation of what you're doing. Thanks!
I agree Mr Chris! I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
Gotta love the Jello-y stuff! I think these plastic carbs clog worse than any carb out there. Maybe it's just that there are so darn many of them out there. Great video Stella, I love your calm easy to understand explanations.
Thank you Mr Steve! I will say they are very east to work on, very few parts to wear out or break. Cheers!
They also warp if they are tank mounted carbs and the lawnmower will surge and lose a considerable amount of power trying to get through thick tall grass but the most pain in the butt problem is it will not prime I had to keep taking the air filter off and putting a finger on a port that is above the auto choke plate to prime the carb and engine, plastic on an aluminum alloy surface will eventually warp, I believe I was putting my finger over the breather port.
What makes her videos so good are the explanations in clear demonstrations with the camera. She's efficient and doesn't waste energy or conversation on non essential items. She's a real pro!!!👍👍👍
Wow, thank you! I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
fits exactly into my learning abilities! :D
You are a life saver! We have only had the mower about two, maybe three mowing seasons. When things break everyone looks to me to FIX it what ever IT may be. The grass is growing, I can hear it in my sleep. The it rains for two days making the grass grow even more.
Well, I did the preliminary stuff like draining the tank, air filter, but had no clue how to tackle the carburetor. I found a couple ants in the gas thinking that might be the issue. The gas cap somehow lost a gasket on the bottom and won’t close tightly I’m sure part of the problem. Anyway, after my efforts it still would not stay running with fresh gas. Getting ready to tackle the carburetor. Wish me luck.
Take your time, it's pretty straight forward. Avoid carb spray on those little O-rings on that jet cartridge in the carb. They will swell up and not be usable. Thanks for watching!
@@TheLawnmowerLady Thank you so very much.
@@TheWizdry Did it work? The people have to know
@@ayvogt Yes! Success! Sorry you all. Mower is back to normal, functioning with one pull start as designed. Took video of part of the disassembly to not confuse the two metal arms; throttle and ??. I bit tricky hooking those back in. Video with this video where life savers. Also; making sure the air/exhaust that just kind of slides onto the back of the carburetor is truly in place, a bit tricky. ORIGINALLY Ran into a non starting mower, because I didn’t know the gasket had fallen off under the gas cap letting in debris and ANTS. Cleaned the plastic fuel jet part in clean gas and blowing it out with compressed air. Success!
Cleaning the carburetor is something I need to learn to do myself. This video was awesome! It was easy to follow. Thank you for making this.
You can do it!
Thank you so much! This video gave me the confidence to dig into my carbourater. Like you, there was nothing obvious, but taking it apart and cleaning it seemed to do the trick! Thank you!
Great to hear!
Well I fixed mine last year after watching this video, got back up here from Florida and it’s doing the same thing so getting a refresher course again. Lol thanks again!
Happy to help. Cheers!
Always very clear and to the point instructions with quality video angles and lighting which makes it so easy to see what your doing. I learn so much from you. Thank You!!
Wow, thank you Mr Jan!
This video saved me from major headaches! First time with this kind of motor/carb. Thanks so much!
Glad to help! Thanks for watching. Cheers!
I have the identical mower, my wife purchased it for me 5 yrs ago. Almost immediately it began stalling intermittently and running rough. I could never correct the issue until watching your video. Disassembled the carb as shown and found nothing glaring, put it back together and it works perfect. Similar to your unit you were working on. Thank you so much !!!!
Happy to help! Cheers!
Thank you for the great video! I was just about to toss my lawnmower in the trash until I did this. This was a Father's Day gift from my boys. Ran out of gas, put in clean gas, and then it died. The only thing I would be careful with is the float metal rod, it falls off easily if you remove it. Thanks again!
I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
Nice one Stella! Those links can be a real pain sometimes. What a lovely end - gave me a great laugh 😆 Cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it Mr Andy!
Beautiful. This was my second time doing it but I forgot all the fine details. This was exactly what I needed.
Glad to help. Thanks for watching. Cheers!
Here I was all set to volunteer to be a Toro Phalbearer ..but as usual you came through with a perfect repair. Best of the Season to You and Yours.
Thanks Mr Ray, you too! Best wishes for a warm and Happy Holiday. Cheers! 🎄🎉🍻
Thank you! You saved me time and money with your instructions. I didn't even need to remove the carb, just cleaning it and all the linkages with Gumout did the trick for me. I found green jello-like crud on the linkage hinges.
Happy to help. I do appreciate you watching. Cheers!
Great details in your video! I bought one of these used, ran great till the end of the first mow then started lopeing. Tried to start today and it started then immediately stopped. I used your video to disassemble and clean carb. Never saw any gunk or debris at all! Blew everything out. Lo and behold it fired right up! Thanks for posting!
Glad you got it up and running Mr Mark! I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
Awesome video Stella, very thorough and well explained. Keep up the great work. Yes we are still here, you can't get rid of that fast!!
Thank you so much Mr JJ! Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers!
New to your channel but rest assured that I'm following you now thanks to the live broadcast today with Steve. I'm glad he introduced us.
Thanks Mr Bill. I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
You are fantastic. So informative with the absolute best tutorial delivery. Thank you for all you do for us diy’ers! God bless you and keep em coming!
Thanks so much 😊
You are my hero! I tried many things to fix my mower. Only you were able to explain everything clearly. All of the men I spoke to said to just buy another one. You are the best! Thank you!
Great to hear! Music to my ears. Cheers!
Your videos are great...easy to see and understand what you're doing!!
Happy to hear that!
Great video as always.
From what I’m seeing of the plastic carburetors,they are much easier to troubleshoot.
It’s like any other new concept.just a matter of becoming familiar with it.
Please keep the videos coming
Thank you Mr George! Cheers!
Awesome thanks so much… your instructions were exceptionally easy to follow peace from Vancouver island
I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
thank you yet again for posting.
My pleasure!
Always learning Mrs Lawnmower Lady thank you. Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
Thank you Mr Bigga! Warm Holiday wishes for you too. Cheers! 🎄🥂🎉
Perfect instructional video.
Thank you for taking the time.
I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
Another Great Video, Well Explained . A Joy To Watch You At Work. Hi From Australia
G-day Mr Jon! I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
As always lawnmower lady very helpful content and keep them coming hope your gonna have time out this year with the family
Thanks Mr Ronnie! Cheers to you too! 🎄🎉
Loved all your videos, can't stop watching,keep it up,please
Glad you like them mr Roger! Cheers!
Hi, I've just found your channel and I think you are absolutely great, I'm a gardener and I do all my own repairs on my equipment and other peoples equipment, I use aspen 2 in all my two stroke equipment all the time and aspen 4 in both my Honda mowers near the end of the season so I don't have a problem with ethanol. I don't like the "never change the oil, just top up" rubbish too and I'm not that keen on the plastic carbs. Wishing you a lovely new year and keep up the great work and the great videos.
Thank you so much for watching Mr Nicola! Happy new year to you too! Cheers! 🎊🥂😊
Nice video Stella, and your one of the few that doesn't bad mouth Briggs plastic carbs. I happen to like them ,but as you pointed out about not over tightening the hardware. Merry Christmas Stella and Happy New Year! 🌲👍🇺🇸Roger
You too Mr Roger ! 🎉🎄🍻
Great job as always Stella!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
You too Mr Bob! Cheers! 🎄🎉🍻
Really good video Stella. It always feel like you about to break something when working on those carbs.
So true Mr Claus! And I often do break them. 😂
First time i;ve seen one of your vids Stella, impressed with your approach and diagnosis and deserves a sub from me.
Thanks Mr Martin! I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
Good job,
I have seen some of those Briggs where the needle is plastic with a rubber tip. And the tip comes off easy.
Not fond of those myself Mr Fields. Thanks for watching !
Nice work Stella great video
Thank you Mr Hank! 😁
Great job. This happened to me today. I didnt even do half your steps and it started. Thx again
Great to hear!
Thank you once again....always a great video...👍🏻
My pleasure.
Nice fix Stella keep up the good work
Thanks Mr Rob, will do! Cheers!
Thanks for the video, I enjoyed the follow up story
Glad you enjoyed it Mr Gary! Cheers!
Nice work Stelllllaaaaaaaa
Thank you kindly Mr Bruce! Hope you and Mrs P have Happy and Warm Holidays, Cheers! 🎄🎉
A big, big thank you. Followed your video, did what you made easy work of. I could carry you on my shoulders and run around the block singing your praises. Hope your days beautiful like a unicorn fartin rainbows.
LOL, that's an image that will stick in my head all day. Glad it helped. Cheers!
Great Video. Solved my problem. Thank you very much for your video.
Glad it helped
Great work as always stella 👏
Thank you Mr John! 😊Hope you have a warm and Happy Holiday! Cheers! 🎄🎄
Excellent video!!! It helped me out. Thanks!!!
Gla to help!
Brilliant fix Stella as always
Thanks for watching Mr Gary!
@@TheLawnmowerLady always a pleasure Stella x
You are one slick operator. I have the same mower. Tks
I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
"Sling Blade" In my top 20 films of all time.
Me too!
one of my favorite movies too. thanks for the video
Mine too! I tried to work in several movie references 😎
Great Video, thanks for the sharing your knowledge
My pleasure Mr Andy! I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
Thank you. I just took the bowl off let the gas drain and seen slime. Assembled and it works
glad you got it going Cheers!
Super helpful thanks so much ! Wanted to confirm that E-zero gas is important for this mower - look for it at Maverik stations. I recommend using neoprene work gloves when exposing your hands to gasoline and solvents.
Yep. I always urge folks to use non-ethanol if it’s available in their area. It’s pretty harsh on rubber bits, and when the alcohol evaporates, you have water left over. Thanks for watching.
Enjoyed it Stella, ol Karl everyone's favorite
Glad you liked it mr Rooster! Cheers!
really nice job Stella great video
Cheers Mr Stumpy! Thanks for watching 👍
Good job Miss Steller.
Thanks Mr Pete! Cheers!
Very cool..thank you peace from Vancouver Island
Cheers!
Merry Christmas 🎄
Happy holidays! to you too Mr Rick!🎉🎄🍻
This looks super promising. Will work on it in a few hours. 😊
Hope it helps. Cheers!
@@TheLawnmowerLady You helped a lot! I ended up replacing the entire carburetor... the fact they are like $18 and the Float Needle Valve is like $16, I guess it was easier for me to do that. 😆 Thank you so much for the video!
Great video! If I might make a suggestion on these Briggs plastic carbs concerning the auto choke. I like to take the plastic piece coming from the choke linkage off with a small screwdriver so you don't have to fiddle with the Z bend. You just snap it back in place on the stud on reassembly. Give it a try. Thanks, again.
Thanks Mr Dave! I'll give that a try next time I get one of these on my lift. Cheers!
Thankyou lawnmower lady!
Thank you very much I was able to fix my Toro, my neighbor's daughter put water instead of gas I am retired and my cheque is not that much I decided to try it and it worked, maybe I become the the old lady from my neighborhood that fix lawn mower, just kidding I have problems with my lower ack and my knees but I feel great I was able to fix it thanks to you; I forgot to tell you I am close to 73. Thanks again I will watch the rest of your videos.
Wow! I'm so happy I could help you. I hear ya on the knees and back. But I figure it's good exercise. LOL. I really appreciate you watching my videos. Cheers!
Nice one Stella 👍🏻
Thanks for watching Mr Rick!
GREAT JOB........THANK YOU FOR THE INFO........
Glad it was helpful. Cheers!
I always use non ethanol gas in all my small engines and recommend my customers use it also if they want to avoid the moister problems from ethanol gasoline. I always enjoy watching your videos. I'm hoping more will watch.
Thanks for sharing Mr Steven! I've been telling my clients the same thing. I'm pretty sure this owner uses ethanol free. She didn't say how often she loans out her mower, but she did tell me she didn't give them ethanol free. After watching some other videos, I'm thinking some of that jello is residue of detergents they put in all grades of fuel, (at least here in the US) I really appreciate you watching. Cheers!
I wish cheap non ethanol fuel was readily available where I live. But unfortunately it's not, so there isn't much choice in the matter, unless you wanna pay $20 a gallon for tru-fuel, but I'm not wealthy enough to afford it.
@@Mr_Tecumseh yep, it’s around $1 more per gallon around here. Never made any sense to me, more expensive for less processing and fewer additives.
@@Mr_Tecumseh You're correct non ethanol fuel is not available very readily in many areas there's only one gas station in my area that carries it in our population is around 200000 people.
@@TheLawnmowerLady I loaned my lawnmower out (ONCE!) and the guy put junk fuel in it that was half water! Never again!
Happy New Year Stella
Same to you Mr Rick! Cheers!🍾🎉
Great video Stella I don't agree with the no change oil I change oil in all my Machinery every year sometimes twice a year I am 51 years old now but I have been working on lawn mower since I was 12 years old the good thing is with your videos you're always learning something new Merry Christmas to you from Ralph's small engine repair
Thanks for watching Mr Ralph! I think the no oil change thing is just another example of planned obsolescence, a factor of our throw away society. Best wishes for a warn and Happy Holiday to you. Cheers! 🎄🎉🍻
Well you earned another subscriber.
I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
Great video.
Thanks!
Very very good 💯😊
Love you all ❤
Thank you so much 😀
Good video keep up the good video thanks lee
Thanks Mr Lee! Cheers!
fantastic video thank you so much
You are welcome!
great video
Thanks!
Nice video Ms Stella, very detailed and easy to follow for this slower viewer. 🙂👍🏼
Thank you Mr John! 🙂
Anytime ma’m 🙂🙂
It’s to easy on these English speaking channels 😁
LoL Al.... I'm still having a little trouble with Ms Stella's english, she speaks Carolinaese and I havent found that one on google translate yet. 🤣🤣
@@Big_Johns 😁😁😁
Nice video stella
Thanks! Mr Peter 😄
Thanks , Great video! New subscriber
Awesome, thank you!
I enjoy your videos
I appreciate you watching Mr Monroe! Cheers!
Thanks!
You bet Mr Stephen! Thank you for your support! Cheers!
Thanks for your help love you no nonsense approach to your trouble shooting and I hear you mention the gas cap can cause a problem, Toro is giving me trouble I clean the carburetor and still having problems getting it started and notice there’s and ring around the cap that has come dislocated could that be causing the problem
Thanks for the help Mat
If it's hard starting, but runs OK after it gets going, it's either the choke butterfly (if equipped- should be completely closed when cold) or the primer bulb (if equipped is not getting enough fuel to prime it for easy starting. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching!
Thank you
You're welcome. I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
Very good Thank you
Welcome Mr Freeman 😊
Very Nice 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video! My Toro 21464 (one year old) starts great but stalls during use. It didn't stall last year.
A good carburetor clean might help.
@@TheLawnmowerLady My thoughts too. Your video will help. The old Toro was easier.
good video
Thanks for the visit. Happy Holidays! Cheers! 🎄
I only had one of these newer style Toros with the 163cc engine and it had roughly 3x more oil in it than it should have. So I had to dump out 2/3's of it and than start it and let it burn off all the excess smoke for about 10 minutes. After that it was fine. I love when people add too much oil thinking it's a good thing.
Thanks for watching Mr T! I figure it’s the one thing folks feel like is in their skill set, I mean how hard can it be to crack the cap on a bottle of oil? No tools required 🤷🏼♀️
The follow up texts are gold! About a month ago I serviced a snowblower for a co worker and he used after a huge storm and called me cursing and swearing that the machine just died like it wasn't getting fuel. I tossed one of my blowers on the trailer just in case he hadn't finished his driveway and went over to have a look. He had run it dry of fuel 🤦
Haha Mr Pat! I hope your customer had the same sense of humour when the real problem was revealed. Cheers!
@@TheLawnmowerLady he sure did have a sense of humor about it, he is a super nice guy
16:36 is my favourite part 😀
Awesome!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
I vacuum out the oil in those no oil Change machines im with you the oil must be replaced a clean crankcase makes for a smile happy face 😄
Right on Mr Joe! 😀
Plastic carbs, not sure I like them. Very simple inside though. Nice video Ms Stella, have a cracking Christmas
Thank you! You too Mr Al ! Cheers!🎉🎄🍻
Hello and thank you for your instructional video. I'm a woman that fixes her own lawn mower too. Question: do you have a video that shows how to test and adjust the rpm?
Thanks! I use an inordinately pricey tachometer purchased for a different purpose. There are several less expensive ones out there. Generally speaking, increasing the spring tension on the governor return arm will increase the RPM on any of these small engines. I do show that in many videos, but The only video I have with that as the main subject is: czcams.com/video/s1eiIAJC_jo/video.html There are links in the description of several tachometers. Cheers!
Nice job on those plastic carbs. Tell Carl we said hi.
You got it Mr Haney! Cheers!
hi friend，Happy New Year !
Thank you! You too Ms Nina! 🍾
@@TheLawnmowerLady thanks friend,if you need any free accessories,pls tell me.
I have a toro with the plastic carb. Mowing and stopped to change the cut height. Would not restart. pulled the air cleaner off and was full of gas. So got it up on the bench and pulled the carb. and this thing has a plastic needle in it... and not sure how but it would not seat. cleaned everything and put it back together. Will check rpm seems to be running a little slow. 22 in and I could not figure out how to adjust the rpm, you helped me with that too...THANKS....did see the carbs for sale on ebay for less than $20. Seems high for $2 worth of plastic LOL
I agree about the cost, but to be fair, that plastic carb is very simple, with very little to go wrong. Thanks for watching.
Thanks, very helpful. On my plastic carburetor a small nozzle was clogged over the winter, now it runs again.
Where is this supposed to lead, my carburetor is 97% plastic including the choke flap. Even the float needle is made of 100% plastic.
So grandma's lawn mower from the 1970s was not design award-winning, but had much better quality.
I agree about Grandma's mower. Everything was made better and made to last. I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
@@TheLawnmowerLady Lawnmowers are still simple, since I live in northern Norway we unfortunately also have to use snow blowers. The mechanics are simple, but combined with cheap technology and poor quality from China, the snow blowers are the last crap. Unfortunately, a good snow blower is very expensive and still vulnerable.
Awesome video! I have the same annoying mower and have cleaned out the carb about 5+ times now, and it runs for a while sometimes getting the whole yard, sometimes not and then just stops running. Maybe the jet pack needs to be replaced, or the float and pin, which all looks pretty good, maybe the whole carburetor, any ideas? It looks pretty clean every time I clean it out too, I’m ready to trash this lawn mower, and it’s only a couple seasons old….like I want to blow it up with major amounts of C4…
Thanks for watching. There still might be some crud in those tiny holes. You can get a new fuel stack for about $12 or so. Does it restart OK? If not maybe an ignition coil breaking down?
@@TheLawnmowerLady yep, it starts and then dies…. And after cleaning it runs for a while then dies. I checked the fuel tank flow too seems good, thought it might be a clogged cap. Guess I’ll try a new stack next. Guaranteed to start, but not keep running, grrr…
My toro recycler is only a year old. One mowing season. It was running rough then stopped and won't even try to start. I use ethanol free gas and it has new oil in it. Checked the air filter and it was really clogged up, so I cleaned that. I've never had a mower quit after 1 year. It's under warranty but the mower dealer I bought it from closed up. I guess I could check the carb...just doesn't seem it would do this after one season? Thanks for your video.
Sorry to hear that. Definitely drain out all the fuel from the tank and the carb bowl. Set the mower in the sunlight to dry out completely. Even using ethanol-free fuel can develop condensation over the winter if the tank is not topped off. I appreciate you watching. Cheers!
@@TheLawnmowerLady Thanks for your advice. I'll give it a shot.
Yeah the "never have to change the oil" statements drive me crazy. its like they are screaming for repeat business after it wears down. Nice video as always Stella!
Thanks Mr Chris! Thanks for watching, Hope you and your family enjoy a warn and Happy Holiday season. Cheers! 🎄🎉
I have this same mower. How can I add a push start like this one has? Thax
I think that will be complicated, as it requires a different flywheel. It has to mesh with a starter gear, and house a battery somehow.