Those Briggs Single Cylinder Intek
Engines have a crappy bolt design on the cylinder head . The spacing of the bolts is quite a distance on the piston bore to the oil return ports . And this allows the gasket to blow out quite easy . I usually do 5 or 6 of these engines for head gaskets in a...
Hi . sorry I saw this post late. i just did a Kawasaki FH601 that was showing the same symptoms your having with your engine . It was making a distinct Train Whistle / grinding sound . Especial when it was revved up and the rpms started to level out . What I found was the lower PTO Clutch...