My theory is that people who buy their mowers new, mostly replace them with new ones when they lose confidence in the old ones. I suspect once that Intek let you down, you weren't going to be happy with it even if the failure was fixed. In my opinion the Intek is at the lower end of the range of modern engines when it comes to reliability in the field. In amongst the other problem areas we talked about, we didn't ever get as far as discussing the cylinder head gasket failure record, which seems to be woeful.
I'm moderately familiar with the Greenfield mowers, just from the cases we see here at Outdoorking. Provided you choose a good engine for it, and understand one or two little foibles of the mower itself, you'll probably be very happy indeed. It is potentially a durable machine, provided the servicing is expertly done in a timely manner. I am not especially confident that the person who has been servicing your Intek is the best possible choice.
Thank you for contributing this thread, Andy. I will now close it. If anyone needs to post to it, just PM a moderator.
