Hello!
I have a Dixie Chopper that has a 22 HP Kohler engine. Last weekend I mowed with it for 3 or 4 hours with no problems. This weekend I got ready to mow and found it sitting in a pool of oil. I couldn't tell where the oil came from. the bottom of the block had some oil on it. I thought maybe the valve covers were loose. I tighten them up (one bolt was kinda loose) put some oil in it and tried to start it. It wouldn't turn over. It acted like the battery was dead. I hit the key again and it turned over...crank a little longer the normal but it fired up and about 30 seconds and died. It cranked it again and it did the same thing. Then I notice it had been putting out a cloud of smoke. the barn was think with oil smoke and the was oil on the barn floor that looked like it had been spewing out the exhaust.
Any idea as to what has happened? Is the motor shot?
Barry in Indiana
I have a Dixie Chopper that has a 22 HP Kohler engine. Last weekend I mowed with it for 3 or 4 hours with no problems. This weekend I got ready to mow and found it sitting in a pool of oil. I couldn't tell where the oil came from. the bottom of the block had some oil on it. I thought maybe the valve covers were loose. I tighten them up (one bolt was kinda loose) put some oil in it and tried to start it. It wouldn't turn over. It acted like the battery was dead. I hit the key again and it turned over...crank a little longer the normal but it fired up and about 30 seconds and died. It cranked it again and it did the same thing. Then I notice it had been putting out a cloud of smoke. the barn was think with oil smoke and the was oil on the barn floor that looked like it had been spewing out the exhaust.
Any idea as to what has happened? Is the motor shot?
Barry in Indiana