Recent content by Aubs

oil seepage at the head, slow leak over time, took awhile to clean this machine. Head gasket was pretty flat andstiff but more or less intact. Took awhile but I got the mating surfaces and the piston, valves and chamber de-carbon-ed and clean. Cylinder looked normal with plenty of...

That was wrong-headed of me. Valve seals wouldn't let be involved during compression stroke since valves are shut, duh. Decided to put head back on and do another compression test, a baseline one and a second with a bit of oil in plug hole. However, instead of using the pull start I wrapped a...

Crankcase getting fuel in oil you mean. The cylinder is awfully carbon coated. Valve seats are not clean too. I suppose that could create some blow-by... The fuel was not passing the float needle during testing

Tested compression (with slight head gasket leak) and it seems to be around 40psi. I don't have a leakdown tester yet, but does this sound like the rings could be worn enough to mix fuel in oil? G200 engine. Head gasket coming, but it is difficult to find service manual that details the...

The Kei Hin BB carb seems in order. jets and passages clean. I left the gas on with the carb loosely mounted and no fuel leaked from carb throat. after cleaning I observed the float valve stopping the flow as soon as it reaches the valve seat (float parallel to bowl seal). In my mind the only...

Back home from long work trip, gonna check this tiller today. The engine case has G200-2218552 stamped in it by the way. The oil definitely smells of fuel, so I will start with checking the carb for overflow (or float sinking) and float seal, find some new oil, then a compression check if...