Briggs and Stratton

[flatheadfred]

A 175 cc vertical shaft Briggs labeled “professional” with about 30 hours started smoking terribly, probably a broken ring, is this common? Engine was serviced regularly, ran great ….

 

[7394]

How often have you removed the blower housing to make sure the engine cylinder fins are clean ?
Cause an overheating issue could possibly cause this.

 

[flatheadfred]

yeah, thought of that, fins were clean, had no symptoms of overheating. Just one of those things I guess. Ran great, had no throttle control so it always ran at the set rpm.

 

[Tiger Small Engine]

A 175 cc vertical shaft Briggs labeled “professional” with about 30 hours started smoking terribly, probably a broken ring, is this common? Engine was serviced regularly, ran great ….

Is it common-no, is it rare-yes.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Check the oil level
If the fuel leaked into the engine because the carb float needle is not sealing the sump fills with fuel and that causes a lot of smoke
This is probably the most common engine problem I come across on new engines .
The oil will need to be changed 2 times and of course the carb cleaned

 

[flatheadfred]

Had just changed the oil…. No fuel in the oil

 

[flatheadfred]

Tore it down, yep, broke ring, scared cylinder wall … been foolin with these little engines for a long time, never seen this.

 

[7394]

Bummer.