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Old lawnmower; bad idle, revving

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Mihacappy

September 24th, 2024

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Sound effects > Other mechanisms, engines, machines
Internal combustion engines, motors you name it...

An old lawnmower from 2012 starting, "revving" (over-revving), and horribly "idling" because of a faulty governor. First start is where the exhaust points away from microphone, second start is exhaust pointing at the microphone.
Engine: "Partner" carbureted, wasted spark flathead (side-valve) 120?cc Briggs & Stratton 450 series.

Recorded with CAT S42 and Dolby On app, as always.

Good parts:
#0:45 - WOT (Wide Open Throttle), probably past redline (DO NOT TRY AT HOME, PLEASE)
#0:50 - 25% to 50% throttle for a while

To anyone thinking "why destroy this engine like this" - it was already old and had a scored bore, plus the mower body was rotten through. This engine was only good for taking a sample and then disassembly for spare parts. It was not worth saving at all.

-Mihacappy

--SOUND URL: https://freesound.org/people/Mihacappy/sounds/756380/
---SOUND ID: 756380

Please rate this sound if you are going to download it :D
Comments are appreciated, i want feedback and to see if you liked this sound or not!

-Recorded as always with Dolby On app.

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engine
idle
lawnmower
motor
over-rev
overrev
rev
revving
sputter
start

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Wave (.wav)

Duration

1:26.456

File size

15.8 MB

Sample rate

48000.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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