C 121 stalls, floods

[kcuttuck 1]

My engine floods and stalls when I am on a hill mowing, leaning to the left and it is not much of an incline. Any ideas?

Edited July 7, 2015 by kcuttuck

[JC 1965 1,546]

i would check the fuel pump and clean the carb to start.

[boovuc 1,090]

The float will do this if there is gunk in the bowl. Give the carb a good cleaning as suggested above!

[kudzu3 323]

My '74 B 80 does the same thing. Runs great on level ground but when starting up an incline, stalls, blows black smoke and sometime just floods out and dies. I've done everything short of rebuilding or replacing the carb but nothing has fixed the problem. I think maybe a new carb is the best and maybe the easiest fix.

[Horse46 519]

I was looking at a carb rebuild on the Tube, and this guy was making sure the float was level, could this be an issue if the problems are on hills and ok on flats?
Maybe if the float is say to high when going up a slope this could cause it to flood?
I'm pulling at straws here, but maybe someone might know if this can happen?

[kcuttuck 1]

It ended up being the float was full of gas. I replaced it. Runs awesome. Thanks for the input.