Search results

Tore it down, yep, broke ring, scared cylinder wall … been foolin with these little engines for a long time, never seen this.

Had just changed the oil…. No fuel in the oil

yeah, thought of that, fins were clean, had no symptoms of overheating. Just one of those things I guess. Ran great, had no throttle control so it always ran at the set rpm.

A 175 cc vertical shaft Briggs labeled “professional” with about 30 hours started smoking terribly, probably a broken ring, is this common? Engine was serviced regularly, ran great ….