Sylvain VAN DER WALDE wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)"
.. With the head removed, fill the ports with
paraffin. A faulty valve will allow this to run past it. .

Are these engines air cooled, side valve ones? What kind of cylinder head
gasket (if any) do they have?



Quite probably, if the OP has the model number a Manual/Illustrated Parts
list in PDF is available from
http://shop.briggsandstratton.com/BS...MECID=100&CATA
LOGID=56B2B9AF-283C-11D4-8886-00B0D0203414&lrid=&page=7&SessionID=6526B2D8-0
6D4-4F91-ACA8-7A14EC45832E

http://tinyurl.com/o2tas


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