DVMSteve
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Hi, folks:
I'm sure that I could find a small engine forum somewhere out there, but like Terry says: "All you need is Love"! Other than the possible exception of John Bridge's tile forum (whose members led me to this site way back when, BTW) I've never found a greater group of guys and gals.
OK, to the question... I took the spark plug out of my chipper/shredder machine so that I could replace it and fire the thing up for the first time in maybe 2-2.5 years. In so doing, I also took the tarp off of it. Then got involved in lots of other projects, blah blah blah and forgot about the thing. For a couple of weeks. On this machine (5 hp Briggs & Stratton engine) the spark plug sits right on top. Several rain storms, lots of humidity, lots of sun. I looked at it today for the first time in a while, with some trepidation. It wasn't rusted solid, but there is a gurgling rusty orangish brown liquid bubbling up from the cylinder when I pull the starter cord slowly.
Worth trying to repair?
Steve
I'm sure that I could find a small engine forum somewhere out there, but like Terry says: "All you need is Love"! Other than the possible exception of John Bridge's tile forum (whose members led me to this site way back when, BTW) I've never found a greater group of guys and gals.
OK, to the question... I took the spark plug out of my chipper/shredder machine so that I could replace it and fire the thing up for the first time in maybe 2-2.5 years. In so doing, I also took the tarp off of it. Then got involved in lots of other projects, blah blah blah and forgot about the thing. For a couple of weeks. On this machine (5 hp Briggs & Stratton engine) the spark plug sits right on top. Several rain storms, lots of humidity, lots of sun. I looked at it today for the first time in a while, with some trepidation. It wasn't rusted solid, but there is a gurgling rusty orangish brown liquid bubbling up from the cylinder when I pull the starter cord slowly.
Worth trying to repair?
Steve