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hardrock
May 28, 2010, 08:44 AM
I fill the crankcase to the full mark on my 17 hp Briggs motor, and for some reason it disappears after a couple of mowing. I can not see and leaks etc

hardrock
May 28, 2010, 08:45 AM
Where is my oil going if I can find no leaks any where

ballengerb1
May 28, 2010, 09:18 AM
You could have bad rings and are burning the oil. Any smoke from the exhaust, have you doen a compression check yet? Do a compression check, record the number, add a table spoon of 30w through the spark plug opening and test aggain. How different are the readings?

hardrock
May 29, 2010, 07:54 AM
You could have bad rings and are buring the oil. Any smoke from the exhaust, have you doen a compression check yet? Do a compression check, record the number, add a table spoon of 30w through the spark plug opening and test aggain. How different are the readings?

It does not smoke at all the oil just disapears some place
hardrock

DG
May 29, 2010, 09:55 AM
How much oil is it using ?

ballengerb1
May 30, 2010, 09:27 AM
Did you do the compression test yet?