Briggs valve guide problems

[06switchback]

My home made splitter has a briggs and stratton intek generator engine on it a couple of years ago one of the valve guides moved limiting the travel of the valve and in turn bent a push rod I pushed it back into place peened around it and got a push rod from the parts motor it ran another year or so and then did the same thing so I swapped the cylinder head from the parts motor and it has now a couple years later done it again what would be the cause of this?

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[diezelsmoke]

Common problem with those engines, the head is aluminum and the guides are a metal, they heat up at different rates.

 

[06switchback]

The head is aluminum and the guides look like they might be brass

I think I might be in the market for a different engine I can't see putting much money into this one

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[ChoppyChoppy]

Too bad your not close, I have 5 or 6 good engine from generators. Gen head burnt and we tossed it, kept the engine.

 

[06switchback]

The one I used was hard to adapt for other purposes the crank end was different it had a tapered end that I cut off and then had to cut a place for a keyway with a die grinder wasn't easy but it worked

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[WoodTick007]

Just get a $99 Chinese engine and forget about briggs and Stratton. . .they are garbage and cost a whole lott more. China motor = Happiness Joe

 

[06switchback]

It's probably going to be a harbor freight engine

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[backhoelover]

Tap the guide back in and ping the edges together like on a valve seat. I have done this dozen of times

 

[mohick]

Why even screw with it? New engine 15 minutes your good to go, instead of piddiling with it in the middle of winter when you really need it ?????

 

[Woodomaker]

It's probably going to be a harbor freight engine

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I had the same engine, same deal......two valve repairs in two months.....done....took off and installed harbor freight engine = no problems

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Yeah has a tapered crank. You can make or buy an adapter to make them straight shafts though. Or pull it apart and stick the crank on the lathe, but that's a pain.

 

[06switchback]

I have a 16 hp duromax coming from amazon for $269 with free shipping il give it a try should be in Thursday then I need to order a pump mount and the crank is bigger than the old one so a new connector to

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[WoodTick007]

How did you choose that Duramax? Price?

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[06switchback]

Price alone reviews were about the same as any of the Chinese engines

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[WoodTick007]

Please post more about the engine once you begin to work it. $269 for a 16hp engine is an excellent price.

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[06switchback]

Well I still haven't seen my new engine they changed the delivery date to this week so hopefully I will have it soon

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[Sawyer Rob]

I'm betting that's the 13hp everyone sells, and they are calling it a 16... Not that, that is so bad, 13 is a decent engine...

SR

 

[06switchback]

I got new engine and had to order a different pump mount witch took about a week to come in so I put it all together and ran it last night and I have no complaints with the duromax it runs good and starts easy I only ran it for an hour or so splitting up some hemlock for camp fires wasn't a strenuous test

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