Lawn Mower Overflow
HiMy gas lawn mower was working fine till last week. I found that it was
short of oil, so I added some and was mowed for another couple opf
weeks. This week, when I tried to turn it on, there was oil spill below
the engine and mower is not turning on. Is this overflow or did I do
something really stupid? If it is overflow, please advise how to fix
it. Thanks. Tom. |
tozach
Jul 5
2006
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| Thank you all for your replys.
Adding to Original Query:
It is a Briggs & Stratton 6.25 HP Two stroke engine. Please Help! |
tozach
Jul 6
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| If it's a Briggs it was meant to last 10 minutes! I was in the gardening business and then mower business for about 20
years. The Briggs was always a pain. The very best mower ever was
Toro's 21" commercial with a two stroke engine. It ran forever. Then California outlawed the two stroke on mowers. Had to buy in
Nevada. Don't know now if they're available at all. Dale |
FishWisher
Jul 6
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| No way. That's assuming you can even find a seal for that engine. |
Shortwave
Jul 6
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| I know they u sed to make two stroke mowers, but I'll bet it's been at
least twenty years or more since they stopped. |
Shortwave
Jul 6
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| Two of them here in town - antiques and they drive them around all the
time during the summer. One of them even has custom machining on some of the parts. Oh, and one General Lee in town - just thought you'd like to know
that. |
Shortwave
Jul 6
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|
Ohhh...those Dukes! |
Don
Jul 6
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| I found some, then noticed they were manufactured and sold in the UK. Also found something you might be interested in. Some engine manufacturers
are using E-Tech technology in some of their small, 2 stroke engines for
items like lawn trimmers. Husky and Husqvarna are two examples. Eisboch |
Eisboch
Jul 6
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| They still make 2 stroke mowers, at least Lawn-Boy does. http://www.advancedmower.com/lawn_boy_gold_pro.htm |
Jul 6
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| I worked in a dealership for 4 years. They sold Toros and I bought one.
Guess what? Briggs engine on it! That rider worked fine for 15 years,
only minor tune ups, carb etc. I've got a Honda pressure washer. The
carb jets are so tiny in that thing that they clog constantly. Engine reliability is a direct result of proper care. Lawn Boy is using
a lot of Tecumseh engines now. They are rock solid. But I'll take a
Briggs over about anything for reliability, except Kohler. |
basskisser
Jul 6
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| Nope. Lawn Boy still makes two stroke lawn mowers. |
basskisser
Jul 6
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| This is about 21" mowers, not riders, and engines of about five HP.
Riders get into bigger engines and nowadays have OHV twins and even 4
cylinder. But for the usual small mower engines, 21" or less, especially consumer
junk, the Briggs is designed to be low end and cheap as possible. A
consumer 21" mower with a Honda is a much better choice. Dale |
FishWisher
Jul 6
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| And to think that OMC used to own lawn boy. then sold to Toro. OMC,
made some mfj. blunders with them over their leaky gas tanks, sold to
Toro, and didn't tell anybody, even though they had corrected the tank
issue, there were a crap load of them out there with bad tanks, and now
the monkey was on Toro's shoulders. OMC didn't tell, go caught and got
fined... but thats about it, from what I remember..... |
tschnautz
Jul 6
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| I have to disagree. According to Consumer Reports, mower engines up 5.5
hp, Honda has just a mediocre repair dollars history. Briggs? First. If
you belong to Consumer Reports you can look the info up. They don't let
you copy and paste links to specific information if you subscribe, it
comes back as timed out. But, it's simple, Briggs are very easy to work
on, they are tough, and if they do break, parts are cheap. That is NOT
the case with Hondas. |
basskisser
Jul 6
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| I'll be danged - didn't know that. |
Shortwave
Jul 6
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| Just looked at their site...seems they now use the three following
motors..Briggs & Stratton, Honda & Tecumseh.
You may have to find an older model if you favour 2 strokes.
....or get with the times and convert.
http://www.lawn-boy.com/ |
Don
Jul 6
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| Is it a Yamaha, Mercury, Evinrude, Honda, Suzuki, or a Tohatsu/Nissan?
Two stroke or four stroke? |
Dan
Jul 5
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| It's been years since I had a gas lawn mower.. (21), but as I remember
it, wasn't there a spot on the fill tube that indicated when you reached
the correct amount of engine oil?
I'm assuming this is a four stroke type and not a two stroke like the
Lawn Boy brand. |
Don
Jul 5
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| By under the motor I assume you mean under the deck? If so, that may be
the shaft seal where the crank exits the block. Dale |
FishWisher
Jul 5
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| Shaft seal. If it's a smaller engine, then buy a new mower. |
Shortwave
Jul 6
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| Say what? I mean I know two strokes rule - four strokes drool and all that, but
since when? |
Shortwave
Jul 6
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| You're unaware of these two stroke lawnmowers? For shame. |
Harry
Jul 6
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| Two stroke lawnmowers were good for stealing the engine from them and
building a go-kart.
I haven't seen a two stoke lawnmower for years and didn't realize they were
still made.
Which triggers another memory .... ever drive a 60's or 70's vintage Saab
with the 2 stroke engine?
I drove one occasionally when working at a garage after school in New Haven.
Weird car. Eisboch |
Eisboch
Jul 6
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| Hehehe. One of my father's friends owned a Saab dealership, and the Saab
US headquarters at the time was practically down the street from my
father's main store. There were Saab's everywhere. They had
an...interesting exhaust note. Left an interesting smoke trail, too. I
only recall red Saabs, and the red color faded quickly. A high school
friend of mine's father got him a Saab to bomb around in. He lived off
Seneca Road, at the top of Fountain Street, about the last street in New
Haven before you entered Woodbridge. We ice-skated on Bishop's Pond
right over the line in Woodbridge. We lived in the area I circled near the bottom of this map: http://tinyurl.com/psb36 Another 2 cycle wonder of the time: the DKW. |
Harry
Jul 6
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| If it's a Briggs, it's a ten minute fix. |
basskisser
Jul 6
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| Darn close to being next door neighbors. We lived in Woodbridge, just a few
miles west of you ... near the Bethany town line. Eisboch |
Eisboch
Jul 6
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