Club has a Craftsman rider with a B&S single that I'm guessing is 10 or so years old and well used. The other day one of the club members was mowing and the engine started rattling. Not exactly sure how to describe it other than sorta high pitched rod knock.
We pulled it back to the shop, pulled the plug and could hear a metallic tick rocking the crank back and forth. Not being able to really tell anything decided to put it back up and wait till our resident hot rod guy could come listen to it.
Started it up and about half way back to the shelter it quit rattling and sounded normal. Engaged the deck and mowed a little just to see if it would come back but continued to run and sound like it always has.
Any ideas on what the rattle could have been?
We pulled it back to the shop, pulled the plug and could hear a metallic tick rocking the crank back and forth. Not being able to really tell anything decided to put it back up and wait till our resident hot rod guy could come listen to it.
Started it up and about half way back to the shelter it quit rattling and sounded normal. Engaged the deck and mowed a little just to see if it would come back but continued to run and sound like it always has.
Any ideas on what the rattle could have been?
