Lawn mower just fell in the pool...

[Bill Miracle]

Seriously! Just wondering if anyone here knows what I should do before I take it to the shop tomorrow.

Thanks

[Fito]

The first thing I would do is take it out of the pool. I am sure others would agree.

:)

[Bob]

Remove the air cleaner. Tip the thing to get water out of the intake and exhaust. I would crank it over a bunch to flush water out. Then change the oil. If there is water in the oil, plan to change it again soon. Pull the plug, squirt in a teaspoon of oil, and crank it with the sparkplug hole held straight up to distribute the oil on the cylinder walls. Pop the flywheel off and dry out the "points" (whatever they are in your engine) in the cover underneath. Then store it awhile in a warm dry place to dry out.

But then again, I wouldn't take it to the shop.

Bob

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[Salty Thumb]

Bill Miracle wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Sure buddy, tell that to the cops when they hit with first degree lawn mower murder.

[Bigjon]

Bill Miracle declared:

Grass in the pool? You *have* got a problem...

[Warren]

If it was a gas mower, I'd be more worried about the gas (and oil) than the grass. Pool filters aren't made for that sort of thing.

If it was an electric mower, let it dry out at least a few days before plugging it in again.

[Suzie-Q]

ROTFLMAO!

[Hound Dog]

Sober-Up?

Hound Dog

[madgardener]

[Cereus-validus]

Maybe you should lay off the alcohol.

Drunk driving an automobile is against the law.

[Dwight Sipler]

I would take the plug out before cranking. Unless the lawn mower was running when it went in, there's probably not much in the cylinder, but if there is, it will make it very difficult to crank.

[Bill Miracle]

Thanks for all the serious answers. I didn't removed the air intake or flywheel but did the cylinder and oil pan drain.

Thanks for the great advice!

[Beecrofter]

If it was running at the time you should bring your wallet!

[W_D_GreatDivider]

[Dwight Sipler]

Yeah. We're all curious. Is (was) it a self-propelled model or were you not watching what you were doing? Did you go in with it? Don't you have a fence around your pool? (I assume it's not an above-ground pool) Besides, where are you that you were mowing the grass in February? (or did this happen last fall and you're just getting around to thinking about the mowing season?) Maybe you were practicing the mower throw for the redneck olympics?

[Bob]

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paths

It sounds like the recoil spring is broken. You have to take off the case on the top of the engine that covers it. Sometimes it breaks close to the end and you can grind a couple notches in the spring to re-use it. Otherwise, get a new one.

Bob

[Stephen M. Henning]

Is your pool shop open this time of the year ;)

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Bill Miracle posted on that vast internet thingie:

If it were a walk behind and mine I would......

If you got it out quick enough just empty all the fluids out of it and replace them (gas and oil), remove air cleaner and have some one crank it whilst you spray WD40 into the carb until it starts. I would also put a touch of WD40 on linkages etc....

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