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Lawn mower blown head gasket
Posted on 8/6/19 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 8/6/19 at 12:18 pm
Toro self propelled mower with a Briggs engine. 10 years old and I’ve changed the head gasket 3 times. Changed it last summer and now I think it’s blown again. Couple drops of oil on the base and smokes for a few minutes when I start it. Changing the gasket has fixed the issue last 3 times but why is it going out so frequently?
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Posted on 8/6/19 at 12:34 pm to Simon Gruber
Unrelated but i just bought a Honda mower over a toro. Kinda glad I did now!
Posted on 8/6/19 at 12:42 pm to Geauxld Finger
I don’t have any issues with the mower other than that. It’s less than $10 to fix and very easy to change, just an annoyance really.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 12:52 pm to Simon Gruber
Just spit balling here but it could be a number of things.
Bad head bolts
Improper head bolt torque
Bad/wrong head gasket type or material
Engine running rich thus hot and causing excessive expansion
Engine fins clogged and thus running hot
Improperly gapped spark plug
Bad head bolts
Improper head bolt torque
Bad/wrong head gasket type or material
Engine running rich thus hot and causing excessive expansion
Engine fins clogged and thus running hot
Improperly gapped spark plug
Posted on 8/6/19 at 1:55 pm to Gingineer
Don't forget he could have a bad casting, and the heads/block might need to be decked or were cracked from the factory
This post was edited on 8/6/19 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 8/6/19 at 3:56 pm to Simon Gruber
Any chance you could get a copper head gasket and be done with it?
Posted on 8/6/19 at 4:12 pm to Simon Gruber
Chinese Briggs are shitty engines. Had a brand new one on a reel mower break a connecting rod. Out the box put gas and oil and ran for maybe 30 minutes. Never felt right then kaput. Wasn’t even worth warranty claim.That’s as shitty as engine.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:43 pm to Art Vandelay
Are either warped? Also I had a Kohler do the same thing until I read the service manual and it said to use new bolts when replacing head and / or gasket. One other thing are your torquing them in the correct order and to the correct spec?
Posted on 8/7/19 at 8:56 am to td1
blue loctite
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