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[Sir Tigger KC]

A strimmer and a mower? OK for the grass but what about the 'other bits'? Weeding the beds, cutting the hedges etc.

Chainsaw Concrete

 

[TD]

Those Briggs and Stratton engines these days are pretty rubbish, so plan a decent service every year (and be dismayed at the plastic crap carb systems!) 

I filled it with half a litre of  shell 5/30 fully synth which the book says should be changed after just 5 hours of mowing......why?

Hard to work out petrol use, but probably about 5 MPG. 

Lol, 5 litres of fuel tends to last me a season on my Atco, it runs on GM fully Synth oil. The short interval first change will be due to the running in and getting the 'bits' out before they do further harm

At the end of the season ensure you empty the tank and run it until it stops so the fuel bowl is dry

I hear conflicting points of view on this.....

My Dad used to have a petrol rotavator and he did this every year, after a couple of years it wouldn't start....when he got it repaired (new carb required) he was told never to drain the carb and leave it with fuel in over the winter.
My 10 year old plus Stratton Briggs mower, I have done the same....left it with fuel over the winter.....never a problem...except last year, when I replaced the plug/air filter and carb gasket to fix a miss fire....first bit of maintenance it had in its life....still with original  oil too 

[Sir Tigger KC]

All you have to do with electric mowers is plug them in and sharpen the blade now and again. 

Not at the same time obviously!   

[TheBoy]

Mine is usually a shit to start when I forget to empty the fuel over Winter.  But it manages after a few pulls.  Must be the top quality of Tesco's finest unleaded

[Kevin Wood]

If you do empty the fuel you have to do a thorough job of it, otherwise anything left in the carb will evaporate and leave deposits in the jets and .. it'll be a shit to start in spring.