oil comming out of crank case breather

[rocky4]

I have a B&S 331707 0115-B1 17.5 HP engine. Has oil being blown out through crank case breather passage. No blue smoke coming from exhaust.
Oil is not over filled and does not smell of gas. Removed breather passage assy and was full of oil. The reed is in place. Any help?
Thanks in advance

 

[gfp55]

I have a B&S 331707 0115-B1 17.5 HP engine. Has oil being blown out through crank case breather passage. No blue smoke coming from exhaust.
Oil is not over filled and does not smell of gas. Removed breather passage assy and was full of oil. The reed is in place. Any help?
Thanks in advance

Is the reed valve working correctly. Did you have the mower tipped up like when cleaning the bottom or changing/sharpening the blade. If yes, sometimes the oil will fill the breather passage with oil and blowby will blow the oil out when the engine is run. Keep us posted.

 

[rocky4]

Is the reed valve working correctly. Did you have the mower tipped up like when cleaning the bottom or changing/sharpening the blade. If yes, sometimes the oil will fill the breather passage with oil and blowby will blow the oil out when the engine is run. Keep us posted.

Thanks for replying
This is a murray riding mower. I just finished rebuilding the motor.Had to replace the piston and rod. I looked at the reed,looks ok but not sure what to look for in way of not working. Motor runs great and has 80 lbs pressure. What is the purpose of the reed and how does it work? Could a bad piston ring cause this problem?

 

[gfp55]

Thanks for replying
This is a murray riding mower. I just finished rebuilding the motor.Had to replace the piston and rod. I looked at the reed,looks ok but not sure what to look for in way of not working. Motor runs great and has 80 lbs pressure. What is the purpose of the reed and how does it work? Could a bad piston ring cause this problem?

80 psi seems kinda high, if the oil pressure is too high and the reed valve is only good to 60-65 psi then you will get oil coming out the breather. What is the max oil pressure for that engine? What are the specs for that engine? Yes a bad ring will cause blowby and high oil pressure, because gases are leaking passed the rings into the crankcase. Does the engine have a fuel pump? If yes what type?

 

[Mikel1]

What is the purpose of the reed and how does it work? Could a bad piston ring cause this problem?

The breather valve aka reed maintains crankcase pressure. On piston up stroke closes and on piston down stroke opens.
Did you reuse the old rings?

 

[rocky4]

The breather valve aka reed maintains crankcase pressure. On piston up stroke closes and on piston down stroke opens.
Did you reuse the old rings?

Yes, I did use old rings.

 

[Rivets]

Did you make sure that the ring end gaps were 120 degrees apart when you installed the piston. If the end gaps were near each other, that would create a lot of blowby and be the cause of your problem. Also, did you check the end gap before installing them on the piston. If they are too large, that would be another cause. This is an overhead valve engine, did you replace the intake valve seal? Could also be a blow head gasket. Too many possibilities. This is going to make you into a detective to solve this one.

 

[Mikel1]

Yes, I did use old rings.

Did you check the ring end gaps?

I guess I was typing at the same time as Rivets,lol

 

[rocky4]

80 psi seems kinda high, if the oil pressure is too high and the reed valve is only good to 60-65 psi then you will get oil coming out the breather. What is the max oil pressure for that engine? What are the specs for that engine? Yes a bad ring will cause blowby and high oil pressure, because gases are leaking passed the rings into the crankcase. Does the engine have a fuel pump? If yes what type?

I really don't know what the specks are. Has no fuel pump. Its a B&S, 17.5 ohv, 331707 0115-B1 engine.
Does anyone know what the compression should be on this engine?

 

[gfp55]

I really don't know what the specks are. Has no fuel pump. Its a B&S, 17.5 ohv, 331707 0115-B1 engine.
Does anyone know what the compression should be on this engine?

If I were you I would get a service/shop manual for your engine. I don't want to insult you but if you are going to "rebuild" an engine you don't reuse rings. A engine service/shop manual will give you a step by step run down to correctly rebuild an engine. It will have all the info you will need. Did you reuse the head gasket? Did you torque the head bolts in the correct order? I see others are helping you also now.