Re: [Amc-list] Old Gas, Kinda OT

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Some mower engines have a kind of compression release to help when pulling on
the rope. The release cuts out as the rpm rises.

Ken 


Quoting JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Well, 
> 
> I pulled the muffler off and could see the exhaust
> valve stem.  It's an L-head Tecumseh motor.  But I
> didn't have a helper to pull on the rope while I
> watched the valve motion.  I put Kroil in the cylinder
> (pulled the plug) and put carb cleaner through the
> carb after dumping the old gas. It would fire but
> there was absolutely no compression.  I put may
> compression gauge on it to make sure.  What
> disappoints me is that I told the guy at the counter
> (at the shop) that it had no compression and that I
> suspected a stuck valve or possibly stuck rings.
> Without even looking at the lawn mower he said "with
> no compression it may not be worth fixing". 
> 
> NOT.  I don't need that kind of attitude from the
> shop.  That mower is only two years old.
> 
> Joe Fulton
> 
> --- Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > I'd have tried a shot of oil in the cylinder before
> > sending it off to the shop.
> > Could have washed the oil off the rings and maybe if
> > it of fired it would have free'd up and run again.
> > Maybe not too...
> 
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