Oil & Fuel Briggs 8HP

[bindian]

Besides lubrication, oil also acts as a coolant. Thus..........more expensive engines have oil coolers.
hugs, Brandi

 

[meos1]

Dont feel bad. I had a all gas weed eater with the swappable attachments and everything. Thing always ran good, plenty of power and torque. Last summer I crank it and go out and start buzzing the walk. Well, about ten minutes in it acts like its out of fuel. I check the gas. Plenty of gas. I pulled the cord and it starts up. Acts like its loaded up and then within a few minutes shutsdown. I give up thinking its maintenance time. The next weekend comes and experience the same thing. After three weekends, I start getting antcy....I am in the garage and find this huge puddle of oil. I star cleaning up and the youngest comes by and says "Oh Jasmine and I needed some oil for our skate boards so I unscrewed that plug and oil poured out. I did not want to make you mad so I did not tell you." I unscrewed the plug and the crankcasae was essentially bone dry. Fortunately I had treated that engine with Lucas oil treatment which penetrates metal. I think thats what saved me. The weedeater still works today, just as well as it used to.

 

[davesl708]

I received a nearly new 24" Lawnboy self-propelled walk behind rear tine tiller. The ones that the handles pivot to the side so you don't walk on the fresh tilled.
The guy bought it new. Worked it breaking sod and tilling his garden till the engine ran out of oil and snapped the connecting rod.

Called it a piece of junk and gave it to me. Three hours of tear down and replacing the rod she ran like well, new.