"Brickman" (legomaniacman)
08/17/2017 at 15:11 • Filed to: None
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"Brickman" (legomaniacman)
08/17/2017 at 15:11 • Filed to: None | 2
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Im “working” on a mower that has a bad starter solenoid. As my usual inspections to check for fuel, air, oil, etc. I noticed the dip stick to be covered in gas and not one spec of brown or black oil.
After I drained the gas oil and filled with new old oil.
Popped open the oil drain tube and oh my god! The whole crankcase is full of gas!
I put some used oil I had and flushed the engine and refilled it again and let it run. Nothing but a cloud of smoke covering the whole backyard and oil spitting out the exhaust.
I bought the mower off the owner for $40 :) I never had a zero turn and I bet its the rings are gone. Plus this is the worst running engine I ever encountered so I challenge myself to fix it.
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> Brickman
08/17/2017 at 15:14 |
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At this point it is probably easiest to just buy a new engine.
Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> TheTurbochargedSquirrel
08/17/2017 at 15:15 |
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What’s the fun in that?
crowmolly
> Brickman
08/17/2017 at 15:16 |
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If you like it then you should-a slap some rings in it.
I’ll see myself out
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Brickman
08/17/2017 at 15:17 |
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Bro...do you even coal roll. That’s some weak shit.
Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
> crowmolly
08/17/2017 at 15:26 |
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ha! Gone with you!
PartyPooper2012
> Brickman
08/17/2017 at 15:41 |
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It ran just fine with fuel lubing it. Why change things?
punkgoose17
> Brickman
08/17/2017 at 16:23 |
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So it is a four stroke that uses a an oil gas mix like a 2 stroke now.
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Brickman
> PartyPooper2012
08/17/2017 at 16:45 |
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Owner just laughed. Either one of her kids or husband put gas in place of the oil to get a new mower. IDK
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Brickman
> Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
08/17/2017 at 16:46 |
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Exactly!
MM54
> Brickman
08/17/2017 at 18:22 |
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I’ve seen the carb stick on a mower and drain the gas tank into the crankcase, but that sure doesn’t look like gas-diluted oil, that’s just gas which has cleaned the crankcase.
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Brickman
> MM54
08/17/2017 at 19:44 |
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I’ve seen engines where there is a bit of gas, but not like this. I will check the carb float to see if it is sticking
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PartyPooper2012
> Brickman
08/18/2017 at 05:40 |
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I would be curious to see it run and potentially explode when unlubed parts got too hot for gasoline.
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Brickman
> PartyPooper2012
08/18/2017 at 13:13 |
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Ehh, I prefer I keep my body intact :)