Briggs went to China about 20 years ago. Briggs came home about 10 years ago. Briggs warranty service found Briggs branded motors they did not produce. Guess where they came from. Yours may be one of the false Briggs motors.
On Tue, Jun 4, 2019, 5:56 PM Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday 04 June 2019 06:41:24 pm Ed wrote: > > > On 6/4/19 5:15 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Greetings all; > > > > > > A month ago my old JD rider was running clean and did the front yard > > > nicely, then I had a water leak and used it to stretch out a coil of > > > 3 > > > > > > Let it idle while I corral tools, come back and going to cut about > > > 1/4 of the back yard. Wind it up to about 2500 & start to engage the > > > deck. geiser of oil shoots about 4 feet up in the air out of the > > > crankcase vent hose. > > > > > > Also looks like small leak in head gasket below the exhaust valve. > > > Par for the course for a Briggs & this one says 11 hp. > > > > > > So it looks like I deal for the bigger craftsman, The $16 question > > > is whats most likely wrong with the engine? This,I'm guessing is > > > more than a head gasket. But is it worth tearing down to see? > > > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > > Most likely a cracked or broken piston, under load it passes a lot of > > gas and takes the oil along. > > > > > > Thats what you get for buying a Briggs & Scrapiron. > > > Thats one way to put it, but it came with the mower, which fwiw, has a 13 > hp decal on the hood, so it is a replacement motor sometime in the last > 20 years. I only have a couple bills in it, Fred and I both knew it was > about shot. It ran 3 years so it doesn't owe me much. If I was really > broke, there's a craftsman with a 12.5 in it that ran ok, but the tranny > is stuck in 2nd gear. If I had 2 weeks to screw with it, I'd put the > rear end out of the JD in the craftsman. Might yet. > > > > Ed. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
