Hello, i wish i'd found this forum a while ago.
I recently bought a petrol mower with a non running briggs and stratton 500e engine.
I've done the following,
stripped & cleaned the carb
checked for spark
checked compression.
Still it won't start. Not even with easy start.
The only niggle i've found is with the champion rc12yc plug installed, the pull start sometimes becomes unpullable. You have to ease off the pull and the pull again. kind of like something is sticking.
With the plug out it never jams. the plug gap doesn't close so there is no piston contact (unless there is a hole in the piston). Everytime the cylinder just floods. i suspected the coil at first but the spark is strong.
my next step is to remove the head and check internals.
Any ideas before i do this?
I recently bought a petrol mower with a non running briggs and stratton 500e engine.
I've done the following,
stripped & cleaned the carb
checked for spark
checked compression.
Still it won't start. Not even with easy start.
The only niggle i've found is with the champion rc12yc plug installed, the pull start sometimes becomes unpullable. You have to ease off the pull and the pull again. kind of like something is sticking.
With the plug out it never jams. the plug gap doesn't close so there is no piston contact (unless there is a hole in the piston). Everytime the cylinder just floods. i suspected the coil at first but the spark is strong.
my next step is to remove the head and check internals.
Any ideas before i do this?