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"Chip Stein" wrote in message
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This "plate" is a check valve. It is designed to allow air out of the
crankcase, but not allow it back in. So when the piston is going up and


that's a briggs. techumseh had a seperate breather . if the breathe
got plugged anyway it would blow a crankcase gasket or seal.
what the OP has is a worn out motor.
Chip