Sunday, Nov 15, 2015 at 19:25
hi Bantam
Every one has a story but agree on the Briggs .
The vanguard series is the best and only to consider which is ok [engine block is MItsubishi with chinese small parts ] but there top rings exhaust valve carburetors are rubbish.
Honda stationary motors are ok but nothing spectacular . They can still have some issues .
There generators are ok but not worth the dollars if there asking around 1200-1300$ maybe
Stihl products are above average except much of there hand held equipment destroys/burns out ignition coils regularly. There early 4 stroke hand held stuff had many problems also . There later hand held gear is great .
All of these brands luv to be >>>fully>>>> serviced regularly clean new fuel top of the list .
This includes valve adjustment ,fuel tank clean ,decarbon clean out as required , governor check /adjust etc etc ,calibrate high and low speeds etc etc . In my exp. they respond
well to lots of TLC. A little high maintenance /touchy in my opinion
Once they all start to loose a little compression and get a bit of wear this makes them become tempremental after about 2 yrs of good work use
I use high octane fuel in all
my home based stuff and it runs
well . Mainly to take advantage of the cleaners in the fuel . Most pieces i have donot start the first time. The stihl chainsaw is a f...ker since new .
That reminds me I have to run up all my gear .
Small engine varies a great deal between people its amazing.
swampy
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