Toro / Briggs&Stratton Stuck Oil Filler Cap

[Filipo]

I have a brand new (less than 2 hours use) Toro Super Recycler lawn
mower with a stuck oil filler cap. This model 20038 has a Briggs &
Stratton 6.75 OHV engine and this is supposed to be Toro's
top-of-the-line walk-behind commercial quality mower.

Top-of-the-line, my foot. A few minutes after breaking in, the oil
started bubbling through the filler opening because the cap worked
itself loose. I stopped the engine and gently hand-tightened the cap.

Now I can't open the damn thing. The cap seems to be stuck in the
filler neck. I can loosen the cap by turning it counter-clockwise, and
tighten it by turning it clockwise, but I can't get it off. It seems
the inner lip of the oil cap is stuck at the filler neck.

I have 3 options:

1. Use force to turn the cap counter-clockwise
2. Use force to pull the cap straight up with a Vise Grip
3. Gently pound the thing with a rubber mallet and do 1 or 2

I should have gone for the Honda. Since I'm stuck with this lemon, I
would appreciate any help on how to remove this stuck oil filler cap.

Thanks much,

ftt

[Jim Mc Namara]

Brand new - 2 hours use - does taking it back come into play?

Jim

"Filipo" <FTon...@aol.com> wrote in message
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[jim]

if you bought it from home depot then bring it back... i bought mine
from a local lawnmower/bicycle shop (small place) and have had it for
about 4 years and no problems.... it was ready to go when the guy
brought it to the house in his pickup as it would not fit i my car
trunk(about a 10 block distance).. i probably paid a little more getting
it there but i was also told that if you have any troubles with it let
us know and we will pick it up... that was 4 yrs. ago and never had a
problem with it... either they had too much oil in it or you put the oil
in and there was too much... the oil fill knob has to be shoved down and
then turned... probably have it screwed up and that is why its not
turning.....

[Terry]

Strange! We've had a couple of 3.5 HP Briggs and Stratton mowers
over some 40+ years and never had a problem. They keep going for
years; recently I changed the oil added gas, a couple of pumps on
the primer and, after a winters storage, it went first pull (I
kid you not!). Ours is a bit 'bow legged' since it was left under
a snow bank several years ago, but it works fine.
Some B&S have a more elaborate filler arrangement which brings
the oil and gas filling apertures up through some sort of
cowling/shroud around the upper part of the motor cylinder. I
fixed one like that recently and the oil filler cap was sort of
recessed into the top part. I prefer the basic one where you
unscrew a cap about one inch in diameter from the corner of the
crankcase and using a small funnel, say, fill it that way.
Simple/easy. Since it is only a 'splash lubrication system' if
the oil filler cap comes off might tend to spatter a bit. I'm not
sure whether an engine bigger than the 3.5 is really necessary.
We (I'm 69) mow our about half an acre easily with our bottom of
the line model, cost about $130 Can. plus sales tax, some
eight/ten years ago? Recently I noticed 3.5 HP mowers are priced
at about $199 plus sales tax. That's roughly 100 UK pounds or
about 150 US dollars?
Other people borrow our mower; occasionally it has been used in
our local small cemetery.
Since yours is new take it back! They are pretty easy to lift
into an average car trunk.
BTW Considering the limited number of hours of use a mower gets
I'm not sure buying a Honda mower is a worthwhile? Wouldn't mind
having a Honda snow blower though! Although again it gets limited
use, some winters; sharing the costs ($2000 plus?) with a
neighbour or relative would probably be worthwhile?

[mark Ransley]

I had the same problem so I put my oil in the gas

[eskiejake]

replying to mark Ransley, eskiejake wrote:
> I had the same problem so I put my oil in the gas

Looks like you found a forum that needed an asshole and promptly solved the
problem

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[Bobby]

replying to eskiejake, Bobby wrote:
It took you 14 years to come up with that witty reply? me thinks you are a
little slow.

[kris sorenson]

replying to Filipo, kris sorenson wrote:
I cant believe it but I have same problem with new push mower about 3 hours
old. Tried to take oil cap off and will not budge and when I turned it
clockwise, yes it moved and tightened more. Briggs and Stratton make enough
money can they not get something better as an oil cap/stick? Im sooooo
frustrated, ready to for real throw it off the boat landing.

[Colonel Edmund J. Burke]

On 6/9/2019 4:14 PM, kris sorenson wrote:
> replying to Filipo, kris sorenson wrote:
> I cant believe it but I have same problem with new push mower about 3 hours
> old.  Tried to take oil cap off and will not budge and when I turned it
> clockwise, yes it moved and tightened more.  Briggs and Stratton make enough
> money can they not get something better as an oil cap/stick?  Im sooooo
> frustrated, ready to for real throw it off the boat landing.
>

Speaking of boats... Did you hear the one about the girl who wanted to join the yacht club. But she didn't have a yacht.
So she joined a cuntry club instead.
LOL

[Bob A]

On 6/9/2019 7:14 PM, kris sorenson wrote:
> replying to Filipo, kris sorenson wrote:
> I cant believe it but I have same problem with new push mower about 3 hours
> old.  Tried to take oil cap off and will not budge and when I turned it
> clockwise, yes it moved and tightened more.  Briggs and Stratton make enough
> money can they not get something better as an oil cap/stick?  Im sooooo
> frustrated, ready to for real throw it off the boat landing.
>

Maybe get a jack and jack it off?

[Biff Tannen]

Up in Salem Oregon, in a secluded park, there was a tree who's two main branches form a pretty good resemblance to a woman standing on her head.
One balmy evening a guy was passing through and saw this tree. He took advantage, fell in love, uprooted the tree and put it in the back of his pickup and headed for California.
Just before he got to the Oregon border, a highway patrolman pulled him over and threatened to haul him off to jail forever.
"What did I do that's so bad, officer", he asked.
"Haven't you heard, you idiot", yelled the cop?
"You can't take the cunt tree out of Salem.

[Colonel Edmund J. Burke]

dumb

[Mark]

Push down and turn

[Oren]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2019 07:05:50 -0700 (PDT), Mark <mhami...@att.net>
wrote:

>> I have 3 options:
>>
>> 1. Use force to turn the cap counter-clockwise
>> 2. Use force to pull the cap straight up with a Vise Grip
>> 3. Gently pound the thing with a rubber mallet and do 1 or 2
>>
>> I should have gone for the Honda. Since I'm stuck with this lemon, I
>> would appreciate any help on how to remove this stuck oil filler cap.
>>
>> Thanks much,
>>
>> ftt
>
>Push down and turn

Must be a child proof unit ;)

[Rod Speed]

"Oren" <Or...@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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Yeah, the little buggers tell each other how to do petrol sniffing in
preschool now.

[Peeler]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 03:36:56 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

>
> Yeah, the little buggers tell each other how to do petrol sniffing in
> preschool now.

Are you sure, senile asshole? Senilely sure, again? <BG>

--
Bill Wright addressing senile Ozzie cretin Rot Speed:
"Well you make up a lot of stuff and it's total bollocks most of it."
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