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Whats the cause of a broken Push Rod on a Briggs?

Whats the cause of a broken intake push rod on a Craftsman model 311707 with a 17.5hp engine? Ran fine when it was shut off. Upon restart a few days later, it ran rough, but ran. Started it up a few days after that and it just stopped after a couple seconds. Can I get away with just changing the push rod and adjusting the valve or is it something a little deeper?
Steve, July 2008
id replace the valve and spring on the chance that it was the cause,or was damaged.

caine, July 2008
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