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Agreed. The engine is now occasionally seizing so I'm going to see if this is something that can be taken care of by warranty, and in the likely case that they won't take it I'll just be replacing the mower. FYI if it weren't for your last post about the head gasket and valves getting me out...

After tearing apart the head to look at the valves & valve guides, I think I found at least one of my problems. The entire valve system was fine, valves weren't wobbling in the guides, no broken springs or bent valves. Some pretty significant gouging there, and another small gouge on the...

Tried this today, it didn't change anything. All of the gaskets on the intake manifold are in once piece as well. There is one piece of plastic that connects to the cylinder head that I cant reach with the carb cleaner as the big metal "carburetor heat shield" is in front of it. Next time I'm...

I've got a Craftsman M270 mower that's 1 year old, and recently been having trouble keeping it running. It's extremely hard to start, but after a couple minutes of cranking it'll usually start sputtering until it fires up properly. It'll then run flawlessly for around 8 minutes or until I hit a...