My son poured oil in my mower how can i fix it?

how can i fix my mower that has oil in it where the gas goes?My son poured oil in my mower how can i fix it?
It should be fine as long as you didn't try to start it without first flushing out the tank.





There should be a small black rubber hose at the bottom of the tank. Get a bucket ready and disconnect the hose. It's better to lightly clamp the hose with a vise grips and then pull the end off from the carbuerator.





Let the contaminated fuel run out into the bucket. Rinse the tank out with a little gasoline until it runs clear from the hose. Then, reconnect the hose and fill the tank with clean fresh gasoline and start the motor.





It should run normally.My son poured oil in my mower how can i fix it?
You will need to get the oil out of the fuel tank by draining. Don't listen to the guy that said to tip the mower upside down. That is the dumbest thing that you could do. You will get crankcase oil in places that you don't want it and it will be a mess. Just drain the tank through the hose. You can even take the tank off and clean it. Also, some oil in the gas won't hurt anything but may cause a bit of smoking but no damage. What ever you do don't tip the thing upside down. If anyone tells you to do that walk away.
suggest to place the lawnmower upside down atop of a large bucket with the gas tank cap off to allow contents to drain into large bucket. Do this about 2 times and you should be ok.This will probably need two people to do this. Dispose of contents drained from mower tank using approved ,safe container .Do not smoke or create spark/flame during this procedure and until contaminated contents have been safely disposed of.
Depending on what model mower you have will depend on what is the best recommended way to fix this. Check out http://www.thelawnmower.info/ and go to your brand of mower. You will find manuals for each of the model brands that will clearly show you what is recommended. Hope this helps
Dump it out and clean the tank, and throw some new gas in it........my guess is that it will run just fine........it may smoke for a short time a little, but my guess is you are fine..........just be happy it wasn't sand. Good luck and have a happy new year.
disconnect the fuel line to the carburetor and flush the tank with petrol.......you may have to flush the carb as well
take the tank off and wash it out---with gasoline