10W40 oil?

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Someone please start a "which small engine is best" thread in the tailgate. I instigate too much sh*t as it is lol

 

[fastpakr]

No need for a thread. It's this one:

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

I have wood now.

Please tell me he sells the prints for that engine. Would be crazy easy with modern 3d printing

 

[JohnnyO]

Used oil analysis is the only way to know for sure.

www.blackstone-labs.com

Cost $25 last I used them.

 

[fastpakr]

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

They said I had excessive amounts of iron in my sample.

This was my cam.

F***ers had a point.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

They said I had excessive amounts of iron in my sample.

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This was my cam.

F***ers had a point.

At least they didn't find coolant...

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

At least they didn't find coolant...

Got a good one I guess. But with the amount of casting sand in mine, and it DIDN'T break a head after 28 years of straight abuse?

I mean, can you really blame em when they were ****ed from the start?

 

[rusty ol ranger]

I have no experience with Kohler. I’ve been told the Courage line is terrible.

I got an cub cadet 1040 given to me about 4 or 5 years ago with a 19hp single cylinder courage.

Got it with a bad decompression mechanism, changed that it ran great till i seen a crack in the block.

JB welded it and 3 years later it still runs good. It burns oil like a fleeing iraqi and makes some real interesting noises but that sumbitch keeps comibg back for more.

 

[91stranger]

Small engines to me Honda>tecemseh>briggs>Koehler..... All the Honda's I've had have always ran good and required basic maintenance. Like rusty said, Tecumseh's seem to last forever. Briggs are ok but tend to need parts replaced to keep them running. Koehler's...… Last one I had was a free riding mower I found because there was a 3" hole (yes a hole) in the block. Apparently they were known for that from what I read online.

 

[91stranger]

BTW a few pointers I read in the last few pages....

All this talk about jugs and no pictures. Shame on all of you.

I swore I thought "YMMV" stood for "you make me vomit" and not "you mileage may vary".

I like the first one better.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Small engines to me Honda>tecemseh>briggs>Koehler..... All the Honda's I've had have always ran good and required basic maintenance. Like rusty said, Tecumseh's seem to last forever. Briggs are ok but tend to need parts replaced to keep them running. Koehler's...… Last one I had was a free riding mower I found because there was a 3" hole (yes a hole) in the block. Apparently they were known for that from what I read online.

The old cast iron kohlers were rock solid torque monsters...i got a K582 (23hp opposed twin) on a old yazoo rider with a 60in deck...itll chew through anything and not even break a sweat. They are tempermental old bastards though.

The courage (which was kohlers cheapo, bottom of the line turd installed in thousands of cheap big box store mowers) is the one with the bad rep. The command and 7000 series seem to hold up well.

IMO opinion though for just cheap, easy, reliabilty the old flathead blacktop briggs was impossible to beat. Plus they are like a 350 chevy....you can basically rebuild them from walmart

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Dad has a 18hp Kawasaki in a old JD 185, that thing runs. Its in its third hydrostat but dad loves the engine enough he would put another in it.

I swear it has 10hp on my "16hp" Briggs. Same size deck, mine will pull down and if I don't ease off on the ground speed it will start smelling hot. His governor surges forth and summons the power of the samurai and it just keeps mowing hay.

 

[97RangerXLT]

Dad has a 18hp Kawasaki in a old JD 185, that thing runs. Its in its third hydrostat but dad loves the engine enough he would put another in it.

I swear it has 10hp on my "16hp" Briggs. Same size deck, mine will pull down and if I don't ease off on the ground speed it will start smelling hot. His governor surges forth and summons the power of the samurai and it just keeps mowing hay.

I have a 9 hp Kawasaki on my Sutech Stealth 33 walkbehind mower. that thing starts first pull every time, and that mower does not bog down at all. the mower/ engine is going on 20 years old. starting to have issues finding parts, the fuel gauge and oil dipstick tube need replaced, but they are out of production. the oil dipstick tube has been repaired with JB weld so we are good there, but the fuel gauge leaks when the tank is full.

AJ

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I have a 9 hp Kawasaki on my Sutech Stealth 33 walkbehind mower. that thing starts first pull every time, and that mower does not bog down at all. the mower/ engine is going on 20 years old. starting to have issues finding parts, the fuel gauge and oil dipstick tube need replaced, but they are out of production. the oil dipstick tube has been repaired with JB weld so we are good there, but the fuel gauge leaks when the tank is full.

AJ

Dad's Deere is from the late 80's/early 90's, my Murray was made in 1996... I dragged it out of a guys machine shed for free.99. It was abandoned when someone moved out of his rental house around 2000 so it is still pretty new.

I totally mangled the NLA crankshaft pulley last fall, I need to find one or fix the one I have yet.