Picked up a friend's snowblower this summer, saw that it had an oil leak but figured it couldn't be too bad... Realized it was leaking pretty badly so I dug into it today. Realized that it was probably coming off the front seal, and voila! once I got the flywheel off the seal was sitting all the way out. Like it hadn't been installed. I tapped it back in place--seemed a bit loose but still had to be pushed into place--and buttoned it up. I think it kicked it out again though. So I pulled the dipstick while it was running and it sure feels like a lot of blowby. This isn't that old, oil doesn't look bad (but it doesn't say in for very long!), starts decently on the pull start. I have a compression tester but will it work on this? I'm not sure if I can pull it fast enough to get a good reading--I know on the older B&S motors they had a decompression ramp on a lobe that prevented this testing.
It's an MTD with 179cc engine, a 600 series snowblower by the manual. Seemed to move snow ok, I'd be tempted to ignore but if it's leaking then it's wetting down the friction drive.
It's an MTD with 179cc engine, a 600 series snowblower by the manual. Seemed to move snow ok, I'd be tempted to ignore but if it's leaking then it's wetting down the friction drive.