I’ve seen Powersmart machines at a few stores and they’re so cheaply made they make the low end MTD products look like a quality product.

Honestly Powersmart is a throwaway brand. Once their stuff breaks, that is it. Their customer service is really bad and it is near impossible to get new parts. Just ask Taryl Fixes All, he recently did a snowblower brand video and he gives his thoughts of what he thinks of Powersmart

You are a man after my own heart, it's always better to clean it, then get to work. Dirt can idea issues that make it not worth saving.

I got a power smart mower, just a push model for doing around a fig tree. It had carb problems the 3rd time I used it. They painted the carb inside and out. The paint came loose from the gas and clogged jets. I cleaned it, wire brushed the inside housing. Ran good since.had it two years now. I prime it a lot more, does well

Very informative. I recently bought the mower from Walmart. After watching I returned it. Thanks for sharing.

I bought the Power Smart 22-inch 3-in-1 Gas Powered Self-Propelled Lawn Mower with 200cc Engine, and I love it!

Honestly, I don't really like watching really short videos. I really just watch the ones that have a particular machine that I am interested in. KZfaq shows me the length of a video before I watch it. If a video is too long, then I will wait until I have time. My primary reason for watching is to learn about machines that I have not encountered before, or to learn something about a machine that I already own. I have heard several KZfaqrs make similar statements regarding the lack of attention spans. I enjoy the way you explain things, but I generally stay away from channels that only do really short videos, and I am sure that not the only one.

I use Fluid Film, works good after the mower deck underside in clean, dried and ready to apply. Thanks

Made in china says it all my friend, i am sorry you had to have that experience, my dad bought one similar new back in 2019 and nothing but problems with the engine since the get go.

Looking forward to seeing the repairs.

My concern with off brands is trying to locate parts once they start to have problems. Looking forward to the repair.

Honestly most of us watching these videos don't mind longer videos. I watch some guys do over an hour long video troubleshooting all kinds of small engines, mowers, trimmers, chainsaws etc. It's background noise sometimes for me at work as I also do this type of stuff on the side for a little extra money. Sometimes I learn new tricks. Keep them coming!

So glad you did this video. Thie exact mower I have. Something on it breaks every time I take it out. I have an extended warranty and the company was sending me parts pretty regularly. But then the wait times on the phone line got to be over an hour just to get a part. I complained to the agent, suddenly the Customer Service Manager named Stanley Young jerked the phone out of the agents hand and started yelling immediately, cursing like some kind of ghetto thug about them doing a good job and I had no right to complain. He ended his tirade by saying he will no longer sell me parts, even though I paid for a warranty. I'm definitely going to sue them.

What fuel nozzle attachment do you use on your fuel can

Good morning

Your luck is great… everytime i try to start something it snaps the pullrope.

Powersmart is a tool brand as well.

This is the first time I'VE ever seen this type of mower myself hopefully it will be running like new in your next video young q😎👍😎👍

Hehe, I've worked on many of these, they are not welcome in my shop. Because some parts are hard to get, and they are just junk

This Mower looks reasonably new,but looking at the codes on engine and stickers 2004 perhaps in May, perhaps they got a good deal for these older built engines. I could be wrong?

good find of mower mate and to me on those popping sounds that probably sounds good to me it might have a valve issue that needs addressing over the cover where it,s located at the markings saying OHV and even the Flywheel key might be sheared from my view but that engine sounds very healthy to me too though.

Man, I just thought MTD products were cheaply made...

Awesome info as always, Me personally i will buy over seas lawn and garden equipment from people if they are selling it because they need money. If you remember I asked about an 25:1 mix for a over seas BP BLOWER? Took your advice and honestly, it's been really awesome. I can also aquire parts if/when it's needed, so basically what I'm saying is... If someone buys from over the water just take care of it regularly change carb filter after every mow hose it off.

I've had my 22" Powersmart 190cc RWD NO PRIME Paper filter which I got at Wal-Mart for $200 since 2019 & it has worked hard on rough terrain, hit rocks, hilly, thick high grass, a real workhorse! No problems at all until last week the belt broke & getting response from company has been zilch. Hoping to find a belt that fits! Otherwise mine has been a great mower on my huge yard & my neighbors huger yard. I love this mower. And for $200 for a RWD 22" mower, well...I've gotten my $ worth for sure. UPDATE: Found BELT for 22" finally at NAPA $24. Put it on with new blade & it is better than NEW! And Powersmart sent me email yesterday(weeks later)that they were sorry & were sending me a complimentary belt. Instead of getting snarky saying "too late" I just replied "thank you" & they did send it by FED EX. So it will hang in my garage in case. P.S. there was a tiny pebble stuck in drive flywheel that made belt slip. Its been a great mower tho. And is now again.

Good video mate.lots of good information.. hope all is good your end

Can’t wait for the fix video to come out.

Looking at that build quality, I half expect bubbles to come out of it once you get it running.

Looking forward to the fix!

Probably a Huayi carburetor. These are Chonda engines and are pretty decent believe it or not. If after cleaning carburetor, it is surging, drilling out the pilot let with micro drill bit will fix surge. I work on Chondas (Chinese Honda clones) all the time. It is a cheaply made mower no doubt, and longevity is highly suspect.

Check the valve clearances, if carburettor clean is unsuccessful.

China's finest quality...

I just got mine yesterday. First impression? hhahahaha. Glad it was cheap. It started the second pull, cut the grass in front of my house, really fast, great adjustments on the wheels, front and back, best part about it. Wife tried it out, she is 76 yrs of age, she liked it, but it moves along pretty fast. The mulching system works great, my grass was really tall since my old mower is in the shop for two weeks. She took a break, mower is off, but when we tried to start it, it was difficult. I finished the job of cutting the badk yard, I thought it did a fantastic job. It is hard to stop, I think that it needs some fine tuning, maybe a better spark plug, Im sure the Chinese made carb had some goo or something sprayed into it durring mfg. Its just a back up mower until I get my old mower back, which is a husky with a honda mower front wheel drive. When I have the time I will tear into the carb and clean it out real good and see what happens with the starting. It came nice and tight, and was real easy to set it up to configuration. Overall, I would say that its a good mower. Like all small engines they need some adjusting. You have to consider that it is cheap.

I agree the money for this as a new piece of equipment would be better spent on a good used Toro or Craftsman from about 2005.

wait till you see the powerSmart snowblowers.its a bigger boat anchor

Ran this mower once and hit a partially hidden brick. The spindle and blade adapter plate were damaged. Powersmart wont answer emails and will not answer phone calls. Wouldn't be surprised if the company is going belly up.

You gave me a couple of good laughs haha. I agree with what you said throughout and at the end of the video, I would prefer a quality used mower compared to a cheaply made new one. Also wait until you see the all-electric mowers and the wheels those have...not going to last at all. Parts for these Powersmart machines also is something to be concerned about.

They now make those weird mowers that use a horizontal shaft engine, they use a 209cc chinese Honda clone engine with an adapter to provide a small vertical shaft through the deck which has a pulley that connects to the self propel system and another to drive the blade spindle, seems like an overly complicated setup for a small rotary mower, I wonder with the losses in the adapter and belts if you really get more power out of that larger engine than you'd get out of 190cc vertical engine that the blade is driven directly, although I think the powersmart may turn at a full 3600rpm and use a reduction where a vertical shaft engine is going to be stuck closer to 3000rpm as to not exceed the CPSC requirement on maximum blade tip speed.

Received a two-month-old 209cc power smart to service it. The mower is pretty much useless. Elderly woman had me work on it, she lives in a trailer park so you know she has a small pretty much level yard. 2 months of use in a dry cutting season and the oil is black. These mowers the wheels are known to crack in one season the self propelled ones the plastic cover for the drive belt also cracks very easy. Vibrates like I've never seen before and really just sounds so cheap. Stay away Forgot one important safety issue. The 209cc engine if you wish to clean under the deck you should always unplug the spark plug with these 209cc you have to remove the plastic cover on top that also has the smallest gas tank mounted to it that has to come off just to unplug the spark plug

With the way this thing ran, you could attach a drill to it and turn it into a bubble blower by putting soap into the gas tank

I hear the snowblowers are just as bad as the pushers if not worse. Seems home depot sold a bunch of them. Never worked on one but I bet it's hard to get parts for it? Another throw away mower which is sad our landfill is so full as it is :( Also happy to hear you replace your plugs and your right they aren't to expensive a lot of people clean and clean them and just are to cheap to buy one. Love watching your videos as I do learn new things and techniques which are helpful.

push lawn mower db2194ph on mine both back wheels broke, the flap on the back fell off(now zip tied), adjuster for the depth of the grass broken both on front and back AND now the belt for the blade snapped in 2. I bought it in sept of 2022! Complete JUNK! 4pk460 belt needed and can't even get ahold of customer service to get HELP!!!

Hello thanks for the awsem videos I really enjoy them great job. I to have had one of those China mowers the quality is not the same as a brand name mower the wheels an I found just the way it runs is not the same

I use fluid film on my decks top and bottom. I also paint the bottom with the oil I drain out. Works good

I realize people have complained in the past about why you don't clean an item before fixing it, well to be honest watching someone cleaning a dirty mower is just plain boring. I think it would be more helpful to see the actual repairs. Cleaning is not a necessary part to be seen. Keep up the good work.

If that’s one of those Powermore engines they have a bad rep for throwing rods and having internal problems. Not all engines from China are of poor quality however, for example the Loncin engines built for Toro are superb. I actually prefer the Loncin over Briggs Quantum and even Honda GCV-160, in fact I just swapped in a Loncin for the perfectly good Quantum on one of my SR-4 mowers.

Yes, I coat the bottom of my deck. I usually use car paint products and a ceramic coating, which will keep the paint up-to-par and help it resist flaking and it'll in general will last much longer and be way easier to clean. I suggest chemical guys,

why do you think my self propel on a craftsman eager 1 is very weak ???

Wow you have a spark plug tester

Hi my friend I don't even know your name, but I've been working on one of those powerfarts myself, it sounds exactly like that one, I've cleaned the carb, adjusted the valves, new plug and it ran fine one day and the next won't start again, it seems like I've wasted time. Any comments

Do you have a link for the spark plug tester? I need to add this tool to my arsenal.

Hey bro wats up? I guess some people just don't care about their equipment whether it's a brand name tool or not. Once it does its job I guess that they are happy with that

Ah man I watch hour long videos all the time. Look forward too the next video

While you try to repair the engine try to find what's making the popping noice i've never heard anything like this before 🤔, but luckily it isn't as worse as the honda engine with a worn out crank journal and block that engine sounded very horribly like it was gonna break apart any second 😬

How much it costs?

It’s definitely not a quality product. However, I did notice that they were kind enough to put guards completely covering the drive belt and pulleys. That’s something that a lot of the more “quality” brands have skimped on. You could probably take a handle and some other parts from a parts mower and come up with something halfway decent. It still wouldn’t be worth taking it to a shop because their labor and park (if even available) would total it out.

5:00 I use a pressure washer I got from the trash to clean the trash picked mowers lol, scraping is too annoying.

These brands hurt good brands. They might as well come in flashy colors because the point is to put established brands out of business. The parent company bought out the former AYP (Husqvarna) Georgia plant. They didn't continue to sell those products

use plastic tool. metal scratch it and cause rust.

Can't turn it on it's side and expect it to start. Oil floods the cylinder.

Why aren't these Powersmart mowers any good?

Look forward to see it run I am not fan of this style mower myself. Just looks to cheaply made and not very reliable

Do yiu have a link to the spark plug checker you used?

3 cranks on a cheap mower. You need like 7 cranks lol

This lawnmower on Amazon is $289.00

I think the 20 min video would have been useful it was just getting good. I have the same one and the exact same problem with the noise

At my shop i won't touch an Amerisun product (the company that makes PowerSmart) getting parts yet contacting the company to do so is impossible. The engine is an RV170M, made by RATO who use to make the Predator engines & Generators for Harbor Freight (now made by Loncin as of 2020) and Rato also makes engines for Champion Global who makes Generators and power washers, they also produce the engines for TTI (Techtronics) Ryobi generators, power washers etc.., the engines are very good quality and parts are easy to find, even tho it's a chinese made engine, Rato makes a good engine, i can get any part for a Rato engine either thru Champion or TTI. as for PowerSmart, i still won't touch them. Good luck ever needing a blade, wheel even a bolt - impossible to find! Don't get the red paint color confused with the 2020 and newer Hyper-Tough 20" mowers, those are made by Daye a reputable chinese power equipment manufacturer. Not all chinese made engines or power equipment is bad, it all depends on the company that produced it and build quality.

I made the mistake of buying one 2 weeks ago. It was a replacement for a Yardmachine that lasted 9 years. It fell apart during the first mow, the plastic flap melted upon removing it to empty the mulch bag. then the spring holding the door down fell off. Also the rubber skirt that trails the machine got caught below the blades and got copped off. Stay away from this brand.

As one of your biggest fans....and one who never wants to see mowers scrapped....i think this thing is not worth your valuable time & needs to be sold to the junk yard. I never buy items from the country of manufacture. Most likely this comment will be shadow banned or deleted because of criticism of the country that controls this platform & it's owner Google.

Cheap mower but parts are not.

I need some help with my lawn boy

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Is fixing engines your main job?

It looks like a toro super recycler knockoff! Toro personal pace super recycler is best mower I’ve!ever owned

People take care of your equipment/ specially the cost now a new mower $500.00 bucks 💵💰/ up to yea ???

Run! Don't buy this ! I purchased this from Home Depot! They would not cover the warranty nor the company would not answer the phone! The self propelled always breaks ! The grass gets stuck cause the blade is too close to the side wall ! It sucks

Mower not in gad shape

It looks poorly made home depot had them on clearance for real cheap. Home depot must of wanted them gone Id stay with my Cub Cadet Sc100 with a Briggs and Stratton. Or my DR trimmer Mower much better built and also has a Briggs and Stratton engine. Both will last longer than the powersmart mower.

Well I can't say it's the cheapest mower but maybe the cheapest motor you've ever worked on but there's two mowers out here that I do not recommend anybody to buy and that's the mower you got in the video which is the Smart mower and the hyper torque bushmore these hyper torque post Malone have very soft crankshaft my neighbor was using hers and mind you it has never been started okay if she goes and puts gas in it and goes to start mowing in the damn blade blew off over into my yard cuz they're crankshaft was busted so anyhow stay away from hyper torque motors

There a Honda knock off

PowerSmart Customer Service is worthless you can’t get anyone to answer the phone I bought a push mower the wheel fell off during the 3rd use. Discovered the wheels on a push mower were actually for a self propelled mower 💩💩we bought it through Walmart returned it and got a full refund.

Total junk bought one broke in 3 weeks no parts available anywhere power smart suggested e bay No parts from the manufacturer available Total crap

Great video, that mower is very cheaply made, never heard of Powersmart. I'd rather have a quality mower with a quality engine that will last several years.

With a brand name like Powersmart, it just screams cheap.

It’s just a pile of junk Might as well be honest