I have a Briggs and Stratton 16.5hp riding mower. When I first received it from a friend it worked fine, then one day the battery was dead. I put a new battery in it and it started fine then the next time I tried to start it, nothing just clicks and then it went dead. I jumped it from a car battery...

I have a 14 hp ohv briggs and stratton motor that has become hard to start after being in storage for the winter . White smoke was coming out of the exhaust and oil seemed to be coming out of the exhaust but the mower would run OK after the initial start . Last week however, the mower won't turn...

Cleaned plug, put a little gas in chamber, put new gasoline in tank and still won't start after many tries. Has the old gasoline caused the problem and do I need to clean carb? Bronco Bob

I have the above riding lawn mower. Recently the top would only spin slowly and kept sticking. I took off the valves, etc, cleaned them and put them back on. Now the compression seems okay, it spins well enough to make it sound like it should start, but it doesn't. Battery is good, starter?? new...