There's nothing worse than getting into the groove of cutting the grass and your mower suddenly backfiring. Thankfully, it's ...

The summer I turned 14, I got a job cutting grass at a children’s camp. I shared this task with a few other teenagers, using an old Honda walk-behind mower. One day, when it was another guy’s turn, ...

Preparing your lawn mower for winter storage protects the engine and saves you costly repairs in spring. Leaving old gas in the tank can create sludge that clogs the carburetor, resulting in ...

A person filling a gas can at a gas station - Kamila Kozioł/Getty Images You might always remember to perform the lawn mower maintenance tasks you should be doing after every mow to keep the machine ...

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When the leaves start changing, most of us put away our lawn mowers for the winter. Make sure you empty the gas tank before storing it over the winter. Consumer Reports has some tips to make sure your ...

Small-engine maker Briggs & Stratton Corp. has unveiled a new lawn mower engine that allows a gas-powered mower to be stored upright without leaking, thanks in part to a carefully engineered fuel tank ...

Brentwood-based Murray Inc. thought it had solved problems with some of the fuel tanks on its riding lawn mowers when it recalled the tanks and had a Michigan company manufacture replacements. Now, ...

About 4,400 lawn mowers are being recalled because the gas tank can leak, posing a fire hazard. The recall involves two models of Scag Liberty-Z zero-turn lawn mowers: model SZL48-22KT with serial ...