Dang Kohler

[Scott C.]

Gheeze, the old loader has been getting harder to start and Instead of draining the battery I decided to look at the plug.

A little crust and the Kohler doesn't want to start! What's this stuff coming to?

Had to put a new plug in (well, one I found in the toolbox), at this rate I'll have to replace it in ten years....

Had to put him to work after that.

[Jlaws]

Ohh Man , you have to do occasional maintance on a Kohler?? whats the world coming to ...
By the looks of the rust on the outside and the carbon on the inside , I would say you got the absolute maximum life out of that Autolite plug .
But hey I'm pretty much the same way , I don't every look at the plug as long as it starts and runs fine....

Scott by the looks of the amount of carbon on that plug , you may have to decarbon the head in the near future .
I once had a big piece of carbon break off and wedged itself in the exhaust valve seat , shutting down the engine .
I actually was relieve when I pulled the head and seen what the problem was , as I figured it might have been something major wrong with the engine .

[Scott C.]

Jess,
De-carbon?
Heck, I'm gonna have to call in the EPA when I clean this head.
It burns a 1/4 qt. of oil to every tank of gas.
I'd call it sludge, or residue.....

[rweaver]

Hey Scott call me sometime have something to run by you 717 587 3727

[Jlaws]

Scott , I can see you in a hazmat suit when you rebuild that engine .
I remember that it had some smoking issues about 7 years ago when we went to possum lodge , and that was before Tony and Randy put about a 1/2 cup of oil down the exhaust stack ...LOL ...ahh the good old days ....
Its hard to believe its still running , I know that engine has a lot of hours on it .

[BigMike]

and think of all the hours Scott has on him

[nitrobandit]

Jess,
De-carbon?
Heck, I'm gonna have to call in the EPA when I clean this head.
It burns a 1/4 qt. of oil to every tank of gas.
I'd call it sludge, or residue.....

If you never want to see that again buy yourself a can of BG44K from a local car dealer. This stuff is the best decarbonizer in the world and all you have to do is use 5 ounces to 5 gallons of gas, that's it. I keep a 5 gallon jug of gas ready for use, but at the beginning of the season and at the end of the season I run this product through the engine and I have NEVER had to decarbon an engine, pulled a head once just to check but didn't have to decarb.

[Scott C.]

Ray,

It was good to talk to you, been too long.


I am going to swap the engine out of the loader. I bought it off Rich Patton in 2001 or maybe 2000. It was out of an old 122 and smoked then.

At this point, I don't even change the oil, it's always fresh!

Don't know what I'll do with the old engine, maybe a respectful burial in the field, pour some Hytran or MMO over it.

[Mayor]

and think of all the hours Scott has on him

Yeah.....I would imagine his plug is about carboned up by now too! Lol.

Geez dude.....why throw that plug away?.....clean it up, weld up the electrode, good as new!.