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Briggs engines seize in cold weather

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Darin Duvall

09-16-2000 07:18:31

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My Craftsman lawn tractor has a 16hp Briggs OHV engine. Last winter I hooked up my snowblower attachment. Two engines seized within 15 minutes (Sears replaced them both under warranty). Now I'm afraid the same thing will happen this season. I was using 5-30W oil. The temperature was about 15 degrees F. Not really a heavy load. the engines both started to falter about 45 seconds before they seized.

Any ideas? I really don't want this to happen again this season. The engine runs great during the summer - I use it every week. Last winter was the first time I tried using the blower.

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Bruce

09-16-2000 20:05:50

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Re: Briggs engines seize in cold weather in reply to Darin Duvall, 09-16-2000 07:18:31

I'm not familiar with your situation or circumstances, but I would collect your model/serial/type #/code, etc. and call around to area small engine shops to see what they say. If there was a design flaw with the engine Sears would have pulled it, or at minimum issued a warning that the tractor wasn't to be used in cold weather. Contact Briggs directly through their website.

Anyone could recieve a lemon, but two? sounds a little odd, doesn't it? I have never been a fan of vertical shaft engines in Garden tractors...too many are made light and cheap, but the bad thing is that everybody is going that way in order to be competitive.

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Tommy

05-21-2002 05:30:23

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Re: Onan 16HP Twin running on High Octane - Is this bad?? in reply to Hans, 05-20-2002 21:10:16

Hans,

I have a Kohler 20 horse. I have used super unleaded in it for years, no problem.

If I used unlead or super there is no increase in RPM, you may have another problem.

Suggest you check RPM at full per manual specs.

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