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Hey Lindy46 of 78 and still groovin'. Your snake oil might be a Zinc Oil Additive at first thought. But you might also be running a little rich on the fuel or the valves are shot or your rings have seen their day from lack of oil changes and/or extreme use Change the air filter first or...

Does the engine die *immediately* up engaging the PTO, as though you turned the engine off, or does it huff and puff and die eventually post-PTO? If it is a quick die, I'd say you have a bad safety kill switch gone wrong somewhere

Check the Spark Arrestor in the muffler. If it is caked, remove it and throw it away

Echo - Nice. Does it REV UP fine with no bogging down and hold a strong top-end RPM?

Maybe starving of fuel. First thoughts: You might have an air leak going on somewhere, or an obstruction in the governor linkage. Fuel filter clogged? Do share the make and model# of your engine when able

That is a giant swath of truly uncut grass, in a straight line no less. Maybe check to see if one of your blades (center) is mounted upside down by remote chance. I have an old non-tech Jacbsen 46" and I don't have this problem when I mow any grass

Great, thanks. New Valve Springs then too while I'm at it. Weak springs will result in valves not closing completely I believe

Thanks ILEngine. Will new valves cure the problem?

Hi Rickcin I would remove the ball valve and take it to the local hardware store (if there are any left nearby) and match things up Ken

Hello All Briggs 4hp horizontal not running just right. 1976 model 100292 on a Troy-Built tiller. VID: Flywheel key is intact Good compression Carb is rebuilt 100%. I actually tried 3 different carbs and got the very same result Bowl in tank has plenty of fuel No leaking fuel Has good spark...

Thank you very much, StarTech!

Hello All Stihl BR400 Backpack Blower Replacing the coil. The original has a wire coming out of the housing which the new aftermarket ones don't have. I am talking about the wire with the eye loop at end. Do I need to care that the new ones don't have this wire?

Howdy Gunship. I am guessing the engine maker is Briggs. Please confirm. If so, please share the info below when able 1) Model# 2) Type# 3) Code# This info should be on the blower shroud or somewhere somewhat obvious Ken

Hi Lawn Addict. Still more/less 14.75". I source impossible product for a living actually (semiconductors, etc). This one is impossible so far. I am hoping to get an impossible find using this portal is all. I've been looking for quite some time

Hello All I am looking for 2 blades (out of three for the deck) for my: Jacobsen Product Number: 53201 AKA Jacobsen 1000 53201, or just "1000" sometimes Serial: 13722 Production Year: 1979 So just by remote chance, if anyone has 2, I'd consider a buy

Hi back I took dial bore gauge readings during the rebuilding. Both sides are true and perfectly round left to right and lower to upper - Amazing So thanks again for the help here. I do have a STD honing tool - A spring-loaded three-stone. Will use that instead of my 3.25" ball hone Ken

Hi IEngine Ring Gap on on this Onan should be 0.003-0.008in. The source of my info is here: www.wersis.net/onan/p220g.html The actual ring gap is 0.015 which is way out of spec. I will purchase a new full set of rings at OnanParts.com and do a ball honing to see if I can level that out enough...

Hello all, I don't have the further specs on this engine as the information was not visible when I got it. Best I can guess is that it's an early model P220 (with electronic ignition) based on what OnanParts.com mentions repeatedly when I had bought parts. Their site is very helpful in this...