Originally Posted by
Mike Rainbird
Glad I'm not the only childish one, you can do wheelies on mine, by reversing fast and then shoving it into forward
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exactly it cost the same as an average saff cos so i expect to have some fun on it!!
Originally Posted by
Diamonds
if the oil has been changed regular and always on the level pretty much rule out scored bore...say that though it wants to start when it cooled down could mean its a problem there :S
if you got spark its not the electronic unit.
tbh i doubt the headgasket has gone on it.
the crank (shaft from engine out) isnt bent is it?
have you tried starting it with out the filter on? try that.
if not one of the first things i used to do is clean the carb out with an airline or a hard blow just make sure you keep your finer over the middle hole as some carbs lose the little gasket with a hard blow....and you wont find it...trust me
them carbs are so small a little bit of shit in it and they piss you around
i rebuild the carb a month or two back, as it was hunting like mad, looked like a learned driver kangarrooing along the grass
. but to be honest im 99.9% certain its not a fuel issue, thers pleany coming through and it showed no signs of fuel starvation!
Anyway put the new plug in with no luck. so i had a closer look around the head gasket.
if you look closley to the left of the exhaust manifold is very oily?
took of the subframe to get to the head bolts, not 3 of them covered in crap
took of head, its definatly been blowing around the exhaust area.
so question is is this the cause? its defiantly blown as you can see half the block surface is dirty.
would this really just cause it to cut out and then not start at all?
anyway engine is 12.5 briggs
model 286707
type 1206-E1
code 0205 12ZE
gna get a quote on gasket from "earnest does" but thay aint normally cheap.
will my head need skiming