Where's the oil drain on mtd tiller 550 series Briggs.

[yelbike]

There is no oil drain plug to be seen. Should I just tip it over and spill the oil out of the filler neck?

 

[BrokenAxle46]

I have a new self-propelled lawn mower with a Honda engine. Couldn't find an oil drain plug either, so I checked the user manual and it said to tip the mower over to drain the oil out of the same place it is put in. I suppose there is some lodgic behind this method or it's a cheaper way to produce the engine. I would perfer a drain plug on the bottom to help drain any metal shavings or settling of dirt, etc.

 

[yelbike]

Its not my tiller, trying to help a friend. But vaguely remember doing this on old mtd mower.

 

[RandyT]

Briggs has removed the oil plug on select engines. The reasoning behing it was when used on pushmowers, some of the newer deck designed prevent using a drain plug on the bottom, so through engineering briggs has removed the drain plug from the mold.