Mowerfreak I was discussing Briggs motors with an old ex mowing contractor and he was saying with the old vertical pull Briggs, just keep pumping the oil into them and they will keep going, said he used them for years, but you can't do that with the later ones. I just picked up an old Victa 24 for my grandson to use in his business, the thing is 40 years old now, my grandson 24 years old and this machine will outlive him even if he gives it a flogging, 100 times better than the fancy $1200 garbage on the market these days