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Originally Posted by thenrie
Mowed the lawn yesterday and the engine wasn't running right. Acted like a dirty carb, so today I removed the carb and cleaned it. Put it back on and started her up to adjust the main and and idle jets. She was running like a top, when all of a sudden, she started losing rpm and sounding like she was working hard, then, in a matter of a couple seconds, before I realized what was happening, I heard a loud clatter, and started seeing smoke from under the cooling metal near one cylinder. Funny, though, then it quit clattering and started running again well, although I could hear that something was loose in the engine. I could see some fresh oil leaking from the right cylinder somewhere.
Haven't had time to take it down and see just how bad it is. Started looking for a rebuilt or used engine on the Internet. Man alive! I had no idea a replacement engine was going to cost so much! Now I'm trying to decide whether to just part the thing out and go buy another one.
Guess I need to get my 1650 finished pretty quick!  |
Sounds like what my 782 did, broke one rod, punched a hole in the block.
http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=17197
Mine is a series II KT17. So I decided to rebuild it. It has been a learning experience. If I were to do it again, I would have welded up my original block, bought used rods, new pistons and rings. I would be up and running again.
If you can learn from my mistakes, feel free to ask!
