Ariens Briggs & Stratton won't start.

[D_H]

I need help. I have an Ariens 20 horse 46" riding mower from 2012. It's ran like a champ every since I bought it new. Now, I started it up, pulled out of the garage and it died while I was driving it out of the garage and off the driveway and will not start back up.

Mower info:

Ariens: A20H46​

Product: 93605300​

Model: 96046002300​

Engine: Briggs and Stratton Intek with XRD 540cc -> 331777-1372-B1​

Things I've done since it died.

• Put a new spark plug in it. [(Calls for Champion# RC12YC - obsolete) compatible NGK - BKR5E. 7938 is what I used.] I also found and bought Briggs & Stratton 5092 PN: 496018S.
• Changed the oil and filter. (Briggs & Stratton oil PN: 100028, filter calls for B&S 492932 - obsolete, I used B&S PN: 842921.)
• Checked the fuel solenoid (it is working).
• Pulled the fuel line off of the carburetor. Fuel is going through the fuel filter and getting to the carburetor.
• Sprayed a little starter fluid into the carb air inlet. Where the air filter attaches to.
• Checked for spark. Getting spark to the plug.
• I don't have a compression tester, but the engine sounds to be getting compression when it turns over. Sounds normal.
• I don't see any frayed wires.

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[mechanic mark]

Results

www.briggsandstratton.com

Check air filter for replacement. Adjust valves with engine cold page 10 in Manual above. Make sure oil is on full mark on dipstick & gas tank is full with fresh fuel. You have wrong oil filter on engine page 13 in Parts Manual. You need oil filter 492932 .

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[D_H]

I meant to post this in the Briggs and Stratton forum. Posted here by mistake. www.briggsandstratton.com is no help, that I can see. Didn't they sell to a Chinese company? I don't know.

 

[hlw49]

any Briggs oil filter will work.

 

[bertsmobile1]

This thread, all 10 pages of it is current in the B & S section
Please do not revive it here as we finally look like some results will eventuate on a problem that should have beed over & done with a long time ago .

any Briggs oil filter will work.

 

[Scrubcadet10]

Ariens Briggs & Stratton won't start.

If you follow what I posted you will recognise the diagnostic process works by bypassing things one at a time. So it is important that the goop down the plug hole step one is done again as with all of the faffing around by now your new plugs could be compromised. Then followed by step 2 I use...

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