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Originally Posted by West Valley G
Well that is about a bummer of a story. Sorry about the mess.
I am curious as to how the drain plug fell out though. Had you just
changed it and didn't get it back in? Or did something else go wrong to
create the problem?
Ken
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I had just recently changed the oil, but I had also mowed with it 2 other times before. I know I had the plug bolt all the way tight, because when I had first started refiling the crankcase I didn't have it all the way tight and the oil was leaking out around it.
The only thing I noticed when I looked at it today was there was a old cracked, uneven gasket around the top of the bolt. My dad wondered if the uneven gasket could have caused it to tighten unevenly, hence, causing it to slowly back out with the engine vibrations.
On a side note, my uncle said that because it was only run for about 1 minute, that it could just be the crankshaft bearings are seized. If it is that, it would be a relatively cheap fix, as they only cost about $70.
I won't know if it is that until later this week, because I have another mower I'm the process of finishing fixing for someone else.