Mower engine help...

[Stewie]

Originally Posted by tmax63

Those Briggs are pretty straight forward. If it was stored for that long then what fuel was in it had gone bad by then and possibly gummed up the carb. Worst case you'd need the carb cleaned or replaced if it didn't run well for a while. The best thing for it IMHO would be to start and run it every day for several days in a row to see if it clears up after a tank or 2 of fuel and seafoam. I wouldn't be scared of it.

Thanks. I've dealt with mower engines for a long time. I haven't had one sit around and have this issue. I know Briggs builds a solid engine and hope it's just a fuel issue.