Gas in oil sump
#1
03-16-03, 01:42 PM
Gas in oil sump
I have a Briggs & Stratton 14.5 hp vertical engine. Preparing it for the season, I had it running once before I checked the oil and it was smoking badly and only ran for a short time. Gasoline & apparently oil mix was also shooting from the breather tube and drowning out the engine. When I checked the oil I found that the oil sump was full of gasoline. How did the gasoline get into the oil and is the engine shot?
#2
03-16-03, 10:02 PM
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Hello woodeman!
No problem, your engine is swtill good. You have a leaking carburetor. Clean the carb well and replace the needle. If the float has fuel in it, replace it too, but it is probably OK. Use a Q-tip soaked with carb cleaner to swab out the fuel inlet where the needle goes. Change the oil before you start it again or damage could result.
No problem, your engine is swtill good. You have a leaking carburetor. Clean the carb well and replace the needle. If the float has fuel in it, replace it too, but it is probably OK. Use a Q-tip soaked with carb cleaner to swab out the fuel inlet where the needle goes. Change the oil before you start it again or damage could result.
