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flatheadfred

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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 ….
 
How often have you removed the blower housing to make sure the engine cylinder fins are clean ?
Cause an overheating issue could possibly cause this.
 
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.
 
Check the oil level
If the fuel leaked into the engine because the carb float needle is not sealing the sump fills with fuel and that causes a lot of smoke
This is probably the most common engine problem I come across on new engines .
The oil will need to be changed 2 times and of course the carb cleaned
 
Tore it down, yep, broke ring, scared cylinder wall … been foolin with these little engines for a long time, never seen this.
 
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