Ooops! Gas oil mix in lawn mower

04-11-2010, 06:06 PM	#1
jamibe Newbie   Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1	Ooops! Gas oil mix in lawn mower My lawn mower accidently got filled with the gas oil mix instead of the gas can. Can this be fixed or will I have to buy a new lawn mower? If so, how do I do this?

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04-11-2010, 06:25 PM	#2
Yoyizit It was a dark and stormy     Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NW of D.C. Posts: 5,954	Ooops! Gas oil mix in lawn mower Draining a mower gas tank is easy, with pliers.

04-11-2010, 06:37 PM	#3
DangerMouse the Musigician     Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: I'm right here! Posts: 10,404	Ooops! Gas oil mix in lawn mower if you haven't run the machine, just tip it upside down and drain it. it likely won't do any damage. it'll burn off fast. DM __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]Click To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. to see some of my original magic tricks and trick boxes!

04-11-2010, 06:54 PM	#4
tpolk Member   Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: central virginia mountains Posts: 1,857	Ooops! Gas oil mix in lawn mower it will probably smoke for awhile but that will go away __________________ The older I get the better I was

04-11-2010, 11:46 PM	#5
AndrewF Member   Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Dayton Ohio Area Posts: 670	Ooops! Gas oil mix in lawn mower Just run the mower like normal, outside of the little smoke from the 2 cycle oil, no issues otherwise likely to be seen. __________________ -Andrew DIY hobbiest

04-11-2010, 11:55 PM	#6
nap You talking to me?     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: sw mi Posts: 5,407	Ooops! Gas oil mix in lawn mower if by chance you end up running some of the oil gas mix, the worst the is going to happen from that little bit is you might foul the spark plug. If after running it with the plain gas it doesn't seem to run as well as it did before, you might try replacing the spark plug with a new one.

04-12-2010, 09:52 AM	#7
operagost Member   Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 525	Ooops! Gas oil mix in lawn mower This is a lot less problematic than putting the plain gas in the 2-cycle engine!

04-12-2010, 08:11 PM	#8
handy man88 Member   Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,733	Ooops! Gas oil mix in lawn mower Go find a plastic disposable turkey baster at the dollar store.