I took a small baby food jar of this fluid to my local auto parts store and they said it is "Marvel Mystery Oil." That stuff has a strange yet familiar smell (kerosene?) and is not diesel as I had first suspected. I pulled the plug and sucked out some of the fluid that was in there. Hard to say how much compression but it does spin. It spins freely now (maybe a little too freely?). that is ) Have you checked to see if it is out of gear yet ?įriiy you are on a lucky streak. HAve you taken the plug out yet? I am wondering if there is rust on it. There's lots of plastic on it here and there so I don't think its a dinorsaur. It looks to me like someone has recently been tinkering with it. Does it just rust in place from sitting too long? The BCS came from a barn in Vermont where is sat for a long time. Is "diesel" just another word for "oil" in Italy? When an engine siezes up what has happened? Is it just rust? I have seen engines with little or no compression but never a siezed cylinder.
But engine has a written reference on the side for what looks like an engine oil and transmission oil spec? It says " 30 SAE Diesel and 40 SAE Diesel." Much of the writing on the machine is in Italian. Really? A diesel engine? It has a spark plug so maybe this one runs on gas (I don't see any fuel injectors). I'd suggest you do some googleing and see what you can find in terms of service and parts. I think some of the older versions had diesel engines. I couldn't afford one and went with the less expensive belt driven Troy Bilts. Would an inexpensive chinese (honda knockoff) 8hp bolt right on?īCS has a reputation for being a sturdy gear driven machine with alot of optional attachments. It has three forward speeds and one speed reverse. It uses one of those oil bath air filters. I don't have any information from the previous owner other than it's been in the family a long time, sat in a barn in VT, and the engine is siezed up. The tires have a few very small cracks (where the wheels sat for a long time without much air) but nothing that would concern me. If you know the vintage of the unit that would be of interest to me. Any thoughts/comments/concerns are welcome. I don't really need the snowblower part that came with it. I checked the reviews on this web page and the new models seem to have satisfied owners. There is what smells like diesel fuel on the top of the cylinder when you pull the sparkplug. I don't really need another project this winter but could anyone tell me if this BCS tiller is worth putting some time into? Right now all I know is that the cylinder in the italian (Acme) 8hp engine does not seem to move at all.
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