This year I had a friend give me a push mower, rear bagger mulcher. He took it in because it was hard to pull the rope. The repair shop pulled the head off and told him the cylinder was scarred. He gave it to me and the cylinder looked good. I cleaned out the grass under the deck and it ran fine.
Last weekend I bought a woods zero turn with an 18hp Kohler engine. The man I bought it from said it was running on one cylinder so he took it to a repair shop. They told him the engine was totaled. I got it running now to diagnose it. It only has a leaking intake valve.
It's a shame what these shops are doing to customers. I believe they are just trying to sell a new mower and make money on a used one they take in on trade after they tell the previous owner it's junk.
Last weekend I bought a woods zero turn with an 18hp Kohler engine. The man I bought it from said it was running on one cylinder so he took it to a repair shop. They told him the engine was totaled. I got it running now to diagnose it. It only has a leaking intake valve.
It's a shame what these shops are doing to customers. I believe they are just trying to sell a new mower and make money on a used one they take in on trade after they tell the previous owner it's junk.