Troy-bilt 565 only starts with starting fluid and runs for a few seconds??

Jim Parker

• 1041 Answers
• Posted on May 30, 2009

SOURCE: troy bilt mower won't stay running to cut lawn

You may want to check the gas cap to see if it clogged with dirt. If the gas cap is clear, you more than likely have a carburetor problem. If you need tips on carb. cleaning, feel free to ask.

Jim

SOURCE: My Troy Bilt Self Prop. Z-start won't keep running...

There may be a cracked fuel line, cracked primer bulb, loose carburator, dirt/trash in the carb....it sounds like a fuel supply problem. Hard to tell with out hands on.

SOURCE: Troy-Bilt Briggs & Stratton 550 restarting

Troy, Unless you are using old fuel (it breaks down after 1 week) it sounds like you have a faulty spark plug. Replace this first, drain any old fuel and replace with fresh fuel (premium unleaded). A faulty plug will work one minute but then fail like you have described.

SOURCE: troy bilt mower. starts but shuts off within seconds.

sounds like you have a primer bulb if you take the bolt that holds the float bowl off and take a tip cleaner that they use for welding tips and clean the holes out of the side and the top it should let the fuel in again that will save you a trip to a service repair shop

Kelly

• 3740 Answers
• Posted on Mar 30, 2011

SOURCE: Made a stupid mistake and

Do these things....
1. remove the float bowl
2. remove the fuel hose to the carb.
3. Spray carb cleaner into the fuel hose connection with the float assy down.
4. Spray carb cleaner along side the float needle forcing debris UP and out of the fuel hose connection.

When you inverted the mower.. debris in the bottom of float bowl stuck the float needle in a fixed position so your carb is overflowing causing all of these symptoms.

Mower chokes and sputters when started. If I tip the mower back, it will start running normally for a few seconds and then goes back to choking, sputtering and smoking.

One more thing to clean out is the crank case breather that may be blocked . Follow the 5'16" hose from the back of the air cleaner to the crank case... near the valves. The area where the hose connects is the crank case breather. Remove the mounting screws and clean that with carb cleaner then reinstall it.

If this does NOT reslove your problem please respond with the ENGINE number so I can get you pictures and repair data so you use them as reference material while I help you.

Thanks for choosing FixYa,
Kelly