22 hp briggs using oil

[meyerdawg]

my 10 year old briggs 22hp is smoking and using oil i adjusted the valves the right side cyl plug is oily no sign of oil leaking are the rings shot?

 

[Fish]

Probably has a leaking head gasket, if your oil level isn't over full, and the oil doesn't smell like fuel.

 

[meyerdawg]

my 10 year old briggs 22hp is smoking and using oil i adjusted the valves the right side cyl plug is oily no sign of oil leaking are the rings shot?

thanks fish if im taking heads off to replace gaskets should i do rings anyway

 

[motoman]

Careful, "doing rings" without proper attention to cylinders is money thrown away.