Recent content by JohnnyCanuck

I took apart the Nikki carb. It was full of fuel and there was fuel up in the crankcase vent tubing. I also took the opportunity to drain out the engine oil. It was full of gas as evidenced by the rainbow colours that were appearing as it drained. I got the carb apart. I tried blowing past the...

Knocked the flywheel off, replaced top seal. Seated it so it was level with the top of the engine. There was a kind of witness mark on the shaft that suggested it should be seated flush with the top of the engine. Reassembled everything and ran it for 30 minutes under load, at idle, etc…. It’s...

Thank you everyone. I’ll be taking the Nikki carb apart tomorrow to see what it looks like inside. I’m in Europe, I just buy the regular 95 gasoline, which is all that is available here. Could be age related - this particular Briggs probably has between 350 and 400 hours on it, if not more. I...