OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Engines Questions On Briggs & Stratton Engines smoke due to long storage???

I picked up this mower pictured above tonight, n the lady that owned it had it givin to her an she stored it for a few years unstarted cause she was to scared to start it. So i got home pit some fuel in the tank which was dry as a bone. I primed it an it fired up first pull but it is blowing a bit of smoke could this be from sitting for so long an should it clear after running it a few times??

Unless the oil was overfilled or the mower was stored on its side or end it shouldnt smoke at all unless somone put it away with oil in the cylinder, quite often these newer briggs quantum engines become quite smokey, My victa tornado is only 7 years old and it became unusable from the amount of smoke it was pumping.

are these realy a good engine ? had two here both blown in a BIG way ! one due to low oil it looked like but the other was well looked after and seemed allgood but threw its leg out ! a lot of others i have seen seem rough and sometimes smokey but still a lot of power

American-made Briggs engines are not really prone to giving serious trouble unless seriously abused. I don't think I have heard of one throwing the connecting rod unless misassembled, underlubricated or overrevved. Blue exhaust smoke reflects ring or bore damage, associated with bore or ring damage due to underlubrication, severe wear, or sometimes abuse through running rich or using starting fluid or excessive priming. The situation is different with the Chinese-made engines, but older Briggs engines have a very good record for reliability and durability. Problems can just about always be assigned to the causes I have listed, all of which except sheer long, long service can be described as abuse, neglect, or both.