Holy Cow! I did a search on small engine forums and saw in the description that Hankster was the moderator and knew this was the one for me! Is there anything you don't know about Hankster?
The Caravan is OK - I know very little about lawn equipment engines and have two giving me trouble right now.
This is about my Sears tiller with a 5hp B&S engine. The engine RPMs continuously cycle up and down. It's most obvious when the tiller is sitting and just idling - doesn't matter what the engine speed is set at, it cycles up and down at slow or fast idle. When the drive and tines are engaged and it's under load it's not quite as obvious, however once it warms up, there is a popping from the muffler. More pronounced when not under load. There also seems to be oil sludge coming out from under the top engine cover. Is there some sort of breather under there?
I've cleaned the air filter and the idle issue continues.
Sometimes the rope pull doesn't engage. I have to reach in with a finger and spin the disc with all the holes a little and then it engages on the next pull. Any ideas?
Thanks a lot everyone.
Next I need to ask about my B&S lawn tractor motor.
The Caravan is OK - I know very little about lawn equipment engines and have two giving me trouble right now.
This is about my Sears tiller with a 5hp B&S engine. The engine RPMs continuously cycle up and down. It's most obvious when the tiller is sitting and just idling - doesn't matter what the engine speed is set at, it cycles up and down at slow or fast idle. When the drive and tines are engaged and it's under load it's not quite as obvious, however once it warms up, there is a popping from the muffler. More pronounced when not under load. There also seems to be oil sludge coming out from under the top engine cover. Is there some sort of breather under there?
I've cleaned the air filter and the idle issue continues.
Sometimes the rope pull doesn't engage. I have to reach in with a finger and spin the disc with all the holes a little and then it engages on the next pull. Any ideas?
Thanks a lot everyone.
Next I need to ask about my B&S lawn tractor motor.