Recent content by fogo

Thank you for everyone's responses. Much appreciated. I think it's time for a new mower.

Here are two videos of me pulling the cord, one with the plug in and one without.

Thank you for taking your time to help. I made a very crude video of piston and valves moving. With the piston at the top of the cylinder I pushed down in the middle of it and felt no play. My apologies for the camera moving back and forth. I was pulling with one hand and holding the phone...

Thank you for replying. I'm not really sure what you mean by the valves closing properly. When I pull the cord, I see the piston moving, in out, and do see the valve heads moving a bit up and then back down flush with the block.

Hello First time poster. I have a Poulan Pro mower with a Briggs and Stratton 675 EX series 190cc (model 126M02-0131-F4) engine. Quite a reliable engine for the last 6 years. Yesterday while using it, the engine made a loud pop and died. It will not start, but turns. There's compression and...