Amazing Briggs and Stratton Story

[amanda11270]

I have a B & S Excel 6.5 horse pressure washer, I have used it 2-3 times a year for the passed 10, but I've also loaned it to friends/neighbors who also used it. The thing is, im real meticulous about maintenance on all my cars/equipment, but this pressure washer I just forgot about ever doing anything to but using it since new. Today I was washing my house, got about half done, and the washer didn't want to run, kept goin low on water pressure constantly, then would shut down. I would restart, same thing happened about 6 times. Finally it shut down, I pulled the starter, and it locked up, I actually picked up the whole thing by the pull cord. I took it in my shop, drained the oil for the first time ever, NO OIL in it, just smoke coming out of the filler and drain WOW. I called my buddy who fixes farm equipment and is a B & S technician, he says, its not worth fixing. I messed with it for like 10 mins, pulled the plug out, put penetrating oil in it and tilted it back to let it soak.

I decided after a little while it was shot, and I wasn't even gonna mess with it, because Friday night I saw a new Generac power washer on clearance for $201 down from $350 at my local home depot, I almost just bought it even though I didn't need it as it looked like a good deal. But I didn't. Well today I went back to buy it and it was gone. All the others comparable to mine were expensive, so I left sorta bummed. I came home, pulled the bottom off of the washer and found the crank comes out the bottom of the pump and has a bolt in it. So I turned it, and the penetrating fluid must have loosened it cause it turned stiff, but turned. The more I moved it, the more it turned free'er. Well I put some oil in it, and it fired up, and it ran like a champ. I went to my local home depot and got all the tune up stuff for it, spark plug, air filter, correct oil. It runs like new again, and I finished my house tonight. I cant believe it ran with no or almost no oil in it for so many start ups and time today. Gotta love that B & S, I thought it was dead for sure.

 

[TomSeller]

I have a B & S Excel 6.5 horse pressure washer, I have used it 2-3 times a year for the passed 10, but I've also loaned it to friends/neighbors who also used it. The thing is, im real meticulous about maintenance on all my cars/equipment, but this pressure washer I just forgot about ever doing anything to but using it since new. Today I was washing my house, got about half done, and the washer didn't want to run, kept goin low on water pressure constantly, then would shut down. I would restart, same thing happened about 6 times. Finally it shut down, I pulled the starter, and it locked up, I actually picked up the whole thing by the pull cord. I took it in my shop, drained the oil for the first time ever, NO OIL in it, just smoke coming out of the filler and drain WOW. I called my buddy who fixes farm equipment and is a B & S technician, he says, its not worth fixing. I messed with it for like 10 mins, pulled the plug out, put penetrating oil in it and tilted it back to let it soak.

I decided after a little while it was shot, and I wasn't even gonna mess with it, because Friday night I saw a new Generac power washer on clearance for $201 down from $350 at my local home depot, I almost just bought it even though I didn't need it as it looked like a good deal. But I didn't. Well today I went back to buy it and it was gone. All the others comparable to mine were expensive, so I left sorta bummed. I came home, pulled the bottom off of the washer and found the crank comes out the bottom of the pump and has a bolt in it. So I turned it, and the penetrating fluid must have loosened it cause it turned stiff, but turned. The more I moved it, the more it turned free'er. Well I put some oil in it, and it fired up, and it ran like a champ. I went to my local home depot and got all the tune up stuff for it, spark plug, air filter, correct oil. It runs like new again, and I finished my house tonight. I cant believe it ran with no or almost no oil in it for so many start ups and time today. Gotta love that B & S, I thought it was dead for sure.

It probably cooled down enough that the parts were not bound together from expanding from the excess heat. So there might be some residual loss of power, but yeah, these old engines can be tough. Better this than a new china knock off.