Hello,I own an old but quite beloved John Deere 316 with the Kohler cast iron engine. It burns oil at a prodigious rate – it spews loads of foul smelling smoke at startup. The smoking drops off a lot after the first couple minutes but by then the damage is done - everything nearby stinks big time. The technicians at the local Deere dealership tell me it needs a ring job, probably requiring reboring the cylinder, oversize rings, and other scary sounding things. They don’t sound overly confident that this will certainly solve the problem and they say they won’t even know if it’ll work until they get the engine out and apart to see if the cylinder walls are too badly scored to allow a repair. Plus, it’ll take “six to eight weeks” and cost a bundle. But, I own a lot of accessories so the repair might be worth it. So, I found this forum on the web when searching for “john deere 316 engine replacement” and figured I’d ask some questions: 1. Does the diagnosis I have been given sound right? 2. Does their proposed solution sound right? 3. Does anyone offer replacement engines for my tractor? 4. If so, how much do they cost and do they require a lot of modification or are they a drop-in? Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. Stevan
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