5 hp Briggs

Harvey9 · Oct 9, 2015

I have a "new to me" 5 hp B & S Roto Tiller. It's 25 to 30 years old. Just wondering the gas mixture or is it straight gas? Thanks Harvey

DGinVT · Oct 9, 2015

If it's a 4 cycle engine it will be straight gas

Billy Shafer · Oct 9, 2015

Straight gas. I don't recall B&S ever building anything that used a mixture.

Andy Martin · Oct 9, 2015

I use E10 in everything, but there might be a concern with ethanol in a B&S that old.

old · Oct 9, 2015

Straight gas. Depending on which type of carb it has you may want to run a gas with no alcohol in it. Some of those carbs have some rubber/plastic parts in them that do not get along well with alcohol. Good chance it is like 2 or 3 old ones I have laying around the place.

waynesteuck · Oct 9, 2015

And where is a good source for parts on this engine and say a 8 hp Briggs ?
Wayne

rustyfarmall · Oct 9, 2015

(quoted from post at 08:29:10 10/09/15)
I use E10 in everything, but there might be a concern with ethanol in a B&S that old.

Nope. That old Briggs will run on E10 just fine. Won't even know it.

DGinVT · Oct 9, 2015

Try Jacks Small Engines. They are in Maryland and have just about everything in the small engine line.

Lou from Wi. · Oct 9, 2015

TE Warehouse is another source of parts.
LOU

dhermesc · Oct 9, 2015

Naw - it will run just fine. Just make sure the tank is clean since the ethanol will probably clean it out sending evrything through the carb. The cleaner it is the lest junk that will get sent through the carb. I have been running E-10 for over 25 years - basically since that engine was new and I had old engines then - even older now.

Donald Lehman · Oct 9, 2015

If you are asking if it needs a oil/gas premix, no. If you are asking about gas containing alcohol, More than likely the carb has had gaskets and such replaced in recent years and all of the new gaskets and such are made to withstand the alcohol. Odds are pretty good you are going to replace the carb innards with new gaskets and such anyway. I would use some kind of gas stabilizer as a matter of course. Even if you decide to use non-ethanol gas, I would still use a stabilizer during storage. You'll get a million conflicting opinions on the last two statements and in the end it's your choice.

Any decent small engine shop will have or can order the parts for you. As mentioned below there are about a gazillion places to order small engine parts on-line, too.

T.R.K. · Oct 9, 2015

Your local Briggs and Stratton dealer should be able to get you pretty much any part you normally need for that engine. We still fix right many of those in a years time in the shop where I work.

Harvey9 · Oct 10, 2015

Thanks folks.

jimg.allentown · Oct 10, 2015

I challenge your statement about using E10 for 25 years. I have not seen it anyplace until it started becoming mainstream soon after our current president took office.

I do remember "gasohol" was introduced experimentally back in the 1970s. Never sold well, folks didn't like it, and it used METHANOL, NOT ETHANOL as the alcohol component.

In short, I don't see how it is possible for you to have been using E10 for 25 years since it has only been offered for maybe 7 or 8 years. Is there something going on in the rest of the country that I did not see in 20 years of trucking from Maine to Florida and through the Midwest??? I did and do pay attention to things like that since they generally affect me directly.

kevinecwi · Oct 10, 2015

Not sure where the other poster is located, but our local coop offered ethanol blended gas back in the late eighties/early nineties when I was still in high school. Parents insisted we use that pump.

notjustair · Oct 10, 2015

The last time I use a small engine like that I run it low on gas and then dump in a cup or so of chainsaw gas. I run it for a little bit and put it away. In the spring I start it with that mix in it. Run it until it gets warm and then top off the tank. Our mechanic growing up always told us to put a little 30 weight oil in the gas of our old auger engine. It was one of those 8 horse iron monsters that you had to wind the cord around. I've just continued doing that with the flat head engines.

guido · Oct 10, 2015

Hello Billy Shafer,

Briggs and Stratton made 2 cycle engines. Some are rare, but they are still sold to-day. EBay is one source,

Guido.

david from mo · Oct 11, 2015

We have had the ability to use 10 % for 25 years in Missouri from MFA stations. It did cause some problems with carb engines. The manufactures have designed systems that run good . I have changed lots of plugged fuel filters and redesigned acc pumps in carter and holley carbs. Fuel injection with feedback mixture control is my friend!

jimg.allentown · Oct 12, 2015

Here in the northeast, E10 only became available around 2007. From there, it became the only thing available for a while. Previous to that, I had not seen E10 or any alcohol blend since the mid-1970s. Back then, it cost MORE than straight gasoline and gave obvious performance and economy issues.
The only reason I can see to like the stuff is if you are making a living from it. Like a Midwestern corn farmer. Otherwise, it creates more problems than it solves in my experience.

Billy Shafer · Oct 12, 2015

Thanks didn't know that.

Rich_WI · Oct 12, 2015

(quoted from post at 07:41:56 10/10/15) I challenge your statement about using E10 for 25 years. I have not seen it anyplace until it started becoming mainstream soon after our current president took office.

I do remember "gasohol" was introduced experimentally back in the 1970s. Never sold well, folks didn't like it, and it used METHANOL, NOT ETHANOL as the alcohol component.

In short, I don't see how it is possible for you to have been using E10 for 25 years since it has only been offered for maybe 7 or 8 years. Is there something going on in the rest of the country that I did not see in 20 years of trucking from Maine to Florida and through the Midwest??? I did and do pay attention to things like that since they generally affect me directly.

E10 has been sold at Kwik Trip stores since around 1995. Im surprised you missed that, Kwik Trip is a pretty big chain around here.

guido · Oct 12, 2015

Hello Billy Shafer,

You're welcome. I've learned many things from you as well.
Keep posting.....

Guido.

Indiana Ken · Oct 12, 2015

(quoted from post at 05:41:56 10/10/15) I challenge your statement about using E10 for 25 years. I have not seen it anyplace until it started becoming mainstream soon after our current president took office.

I do remember "gasohol" was introduced experimentally back in the 1970s. Never sold well, folks didn't like it, and it used METHANOL, NOT ETHANOL as the alcohol component.

In short, I don't see how it is possible for you to have been using E10 for 25 years since it has only been offered for maybe 7 or 8 years. Is there something going on in the rest of the country that I did not see in 20 years of trucking from Maine to Florida and through the Midwest??? I did and do pay attention to things like that since they generally affect me directly.

Ethanol went mainstream with the RFS (Renewable Fuel Standard) enacted in the 2005 time frame. Our current president was not president then. E-10 gasoline (10% ethanol) has been available in Indiana since the early 1980's when I began using it. Laws were different in various states regarding labels on the pumps. Without a label one would/may not be aware the gasoline was blended with ethanol.

ztrmower · Oct 14, 2015

fresh clean gas is the trick

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