WHICH BRAND OF ENGINE WOULD YOU BUY FOR LOG SPLITTER?

Hey was out today splitting some wood cut threw out the winter, when the engine started dumping oil in the carb causing it to smoke like a freight train. I guess it dumped over a half a quart of oil during a three hour period. the engine is a tecumseh and i have never really like the tecumseh engines and it is hard now to find parts for them and I 'am going to have buy a another engine. what brand would you guys buy a honda or a briggs & stratton? The honda engine is hundred dollars higher, was just wondering what you guys think. the tecumseh engine was a 10 hp engine so buying a replacement engine is not cheap. seems like every time i turn around something broke or needs fixing and it always costs more than it should. thats life i guess.

Looks just like the honda engine i been looking at, what about getting replacement parts? would it be easy to order them.

Done some research on the greyhound engines they are honda clones and parts can be ordered threw harbor freight. They get alot of good reviews and I may buy one. with food prices, gas prices, yearly taxes and three kids to raise every dollar saved helps out on down the road.

Going to buy the 11hp greyhound, with the 20% coupon and extra 30 dollars for two year walk in exchange for under 300 hundred dollars. It a good deal, done alot of searching about these engines alot of people buy oem honda parts to put back on them and parts are easy to find and for half the price you can have one. Thanks brother bart for information.

they are to many good reviews on them to be junk, all my life everybody said briggs & stratton, but what briggs i have owned had issues such as carbs, used oil, hard to starting in cold weather. the only bad reviews i seen on these clones are people that have never owned this engine or somone that has purchased the honda engine and paid double and hate the thoughts of it.