Hi All,

Well I finally received my replacement engine on Saturday and was also given back the seized one complete under sufferance as I originally packaged it up for return.

There are some huge positives out of all this and firstly I was given an "XR Professional" variant to replace my standard I/C unit. The XR has the Dura bore cast iron sleeve in it and thus should last a few years longer.

The other plus in all this is that I've gotten back my original engine which I now want to repair and get back up and going as I strongly feel this will be a piston issue rather than the crank. Anyway I'll find out how it goes once I get the time to open it up.

Now the negative.................................... Briggs still won't put a "Requires Oil" sticker or label on either the box or the engine. crazy

The new replacement unit had all of 60ml of oil in it which is purely assembly oil and nothing more. I still feel that the original customer engine I purchased prior to the one for myself was an aberration on the production line by having a crankcase full of oil and as such gave me the false sense of security along with that Engine Oil tag on the recoil starter that all these engines were good to go straight out of the box.

Now one has to ask the question, is there any service documentation available for these new generation Briggs sloper engines ?


Cheers,
BB.

I live a 24 Hour lifestyle, but every now and again I seem to fall asleep, well at least that's what my wife tells me.