I have worn out several mowers in my lifetime.
I was just thinking a few days ago that the engines were the one thing which just kept on working. Briggs & Stratton always were thought to be superior until Honda, but actually they all have worked until the things just rusted out or broke down.
I don’t do anything except run them. What ever gas I get at the station. Just plain 30 wt. oil. I have replaced the air filter but only because the old one was oil soaked.
“I don’t do anything except run them. What ever gas I get at the station. Just plain 30 wt. oil. I have replaced the air filter but only because the old one was oil soaked.”
Yeah, all this chatter about this or that oil and this or that octane gas. Geez, I grew up using Briggs and Stratton engines and have continued on through adulthood. And, I have never changed oil in a single one of them. Just ran the piss out of them till the wheels fell off, casing cracked or whatever. Then pushed it out in the all where it disappeared then bought a new one. Never had an break.....
The best way to keep an engine running is to keep running the engine.
If you can’t follow that at least
Run it dry if you store for more than 3 months
Make sure air filter is always at least THERE
Check the oil before every start.