Re: Lawn mower question

[amuller]

I’m using a 1968 Lawn Boy which cuts fine. The primer no longer works so I have to take off the air cleaner cover, take out the foam, and stick my finger in the carb throat to choke it. It does smoke a little even at 32-1.

Briggs engines are almost always 4-stroke. If it were my mower I’d use a 10W30 or similar synthetic oil. I don’t believe in non-detergent oils. You *can* get 30 weight oil of high quality but why bother? On my snowblower, which lives outside in Minnesota, I use 0W30 synthetic oil and it starts fine, usually with two pulls.