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I'm getting gas in my oil
lonewolf_terry
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Mar 5, 2009, 01:54 PM
I'm getting gas in my oil
I have a 16.5hp murray briggs rider and I'm getting gas in the oil, how do I stop that from happing
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Mar 6, 2009, 06:00 AM
Normally just having the carb cleaned will take care of this.
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Mar 6, 2009, 09:54 AM
It s likely that your float is not fully closing. The carb floats and keeps floating to the point that raw fuel runs down the cylinder wall into the crank. Until you can clean the needle valve and seat just close the gas valve.
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