b&s 19hp problems

[dwelder]

I have a craftsman mower with a turbo cooled 19hp brings and stratton engine and last week I started it up and it didn't sound right I thought it was a little cold so I let it run and it still didn't run right so I just went ahead and tried to drive it out of the shed and soon as I disengaged the drive clutch the engine died. I tried again and it did the same. So I cleaned the carb , put new spark plugs in it , and cleaned the magneto and coil and now it drives and mows but it still don't run right it spits and sputters. NEED HELP.

 

[ILENGINE]

sounds like you may be getting intermittent fire on one cylinder causing the sputtering. may be a compression problem or a ignition problem.

 

[dwelder]

sounds like you may be getting intermittent fire on one cylinder causing the sputtering. may be a compression problem or a ignition problem.

I can't see it being a compression problem because you cant hardly turn the flywheel with your hands

 

[Trcustoms719]

I can't see it being a compression problem because you cant hardly turn the flywheel with your hands

Yes it could be... Take a compression reading and compair the two readings, it doesn't really matter so much about the number of psi but what the difference between the two cylinders is.
Could be a bad intake gasket too or a carb problem.