- 1. kohler engine work (score: 1)
- Author: "john nolon" <jniolon@WANS.NET>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:42:13 -0500
- I've got a Kohler 12 hp horizontal shaft engine in my Cub Cadet... I've also got bad smoking and excessive oil usage... 1 qt per hr. the consensus around work that the oil ring is bad....I've pulled
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- 2. Re: kohler engine work (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:14:14 -0700
- Wouldnt bad valve guides also cuse oil consumption? If various seals go bad tht could also cause it. I'm mostly a two-stroke guy, so I could be wrong.. If it were me, I'd replace all the rings nd hon
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- 3. Re: kohler engine work (score: 1)
- Author: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:20:12 -0700
- - snip - the cylinder is smooth..no galling or gouges. Comp is at 95psi so I'm I'm not a Kohler expert, but you can have great compression and a sacked oil scraper ring, and it would run fine and smo
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- 4. Re: kohler engine work (score: 1)
- Author: BSHolden@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:10:10 EDT
- -- Could it be the valve guides? Maybe the removal of the valve springs and a check of guide2valve shaft play is in order? And heck while you're this far.....mill the head, de-glaze the cylinder wal
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- 5. RE: kohler engine work (score: 1)
- Author: "Gerald Brazil" <gerrybraz@voyager.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 21:17:08 -0400
- Where I live that mosquito fogging feature would be considered a ++! ;-) /// /// shop-talk@autox.team.net mailing list /// To unsubscribe send a plain text message to majordomo@autox.team.net /// wit
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- 6. Re: kohler engine work (score: 1)
- Author: "TONY CLARK" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 22:26:50 -0500
- I'm no Kohler pro but I just thumbed my Chilton book and it thinks anything under 100 psi compression indicates ring &/ valve work. They want 110 to 120 psi. Just a thought but: I've had single cyli
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- 7. Re: kohler engine work (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Sloane <msloane@att.net>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 08:06:28 -0400
- Pretty typical of those Kohlers - generally it is the oil ring. I would replace the rings and lightly hone the cylinder wall. Replace the head gasket and buy new bolts from Kohler to put the head bac
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