I've had this two weeks and it was starting easily and working beautifully. It has gas and oil and the grass catcher is emptied out.
I was mowing and all of a sudden the engine just stopped.
I thought it had run out of gas; I added a little and it still wont even turn over.

I have virtually no mechanical knowledge or experience and dont know where to start with a problem. Do I have to take it back to Sears? What things can I check? I don't want to get too deep into it, but if there are a couple of fairly simple things to look at please let me know

Pam S., June 2008

Try removing the air filter completely and restart. We had the same problem and then removed the air filter and it started. As soon as we would reinstall the air filter the motor dies and stops.

Geo, June 2008