speedometer goes crazy and engine will lose power

I have a 16 horse power Briggs Vanguard V twin over head valve #303447. This engine has about 3000 hours on it and has run great for the past 2999 and has been very well maintained all its life. Recently it lost power and started blowing blue/black smoke out the exhaust. This condition has gotten...

1997 Honda Civic: Automatic Just got to work and had a heck of time getting in. Owned car since new and have never seen check engine light come on. Today is the first. Pouring rain on the drive, the car started normally and ran nornally. Travelled approx. 4 miles before check engine light...

I noticed engine light came on a few minutes after starting to drive on my way to oil change. They said they didn't have a meter to test error signal. When I got back into my car, the engine light was still on and now the speedometer & odometer no longer worked. I think it was working prior to the...

98 Civic - Speedometer dead; check engine light is on. Started a few months back ....speed sensor has been replaced in addition to the alternator, new fuses and a lot of labor time charged..800.$! It was ok for a month or so...then back to the exact same problem and the car has left me...