Hello I have a Briggs and Stratton 350 series Murray mower and I just got it from a friend who does scrap metal and said he found it at the side of the curb
When I first got it it would not start at all it was the valves one of the seats came out so I re seated the valves and it ran for about a minute then stoped and was spitting oil like crazy so I changed it and then tried it again and it was still leaking but not as much I came out this morning to work on one of my other mowers and I had to move this one so I thought why not try and fire it up and sure enough ran for about a minute at the most then dies again still leaking oil so I did another oil change the second one in less then 2 months
I made sure all the oil was out of the engine I even took the muffler and the plug out and cranked it about 10 times
I put the new oil sit and settle in for about 3 hours then I just went out and cranked it and still spitting
I have also drained the gas both times I did oil changes
I have checked the oil fill and it is not over filled it is right under the full mark if not right on
I don’t know what else to do it is becoming kind of a pain washing oil off my driveway
I also have replaced the spark plug and have done a compression test
It will run very quietly not loud and as soon at you move it it will die
It only has 40 psi compression
Any ideas on what I can do to get it running
I just want to sell this thing and get it out of my yard
I have now named it the mower from hell
Please help me get it running again
Thanks
When I first got it it would not start at all it was the valves one of the seats came out so I re seated the valves and it ran for about a minute then stoped and was spitting oil like crazy so I changed it and then tried it again and it was still leaking but not as much I came out this morning to work on one of my other mowers and I had to move this one so I thought why not try and fire it up and sure enough ran for about a minute at the most then dies again still leaking oil so I did another oil change the second one in less then 2 months
I made sure all the oil was out of the engine I even took the muffler and the plug out and cranked it about 10 times
I put the new oil sit and settle in for about 3 hours then I just went out and cranked it and still spitting
I have also drained the gas both times I did oil changes
I have checked the oil fill and it is not over filled it is right under the full mark if not right on
I don’t know what else to do it is becoming kind of a pain washing oil off my driveway
I also have replaced the spark plug and have done a compression test
It will run very quietly not loud and as soon at you move it it will die
It only has 40 psi compression
Any ideas on what I can do to get it running
I just want to sell this thing and get it out of my yard
I have now named it the mower from hell
Please help me get it running again
Thanks