How many hours on your Kohler??

[Motormanrod]

Kohler engines are a great little engines i have been working on them every day since the k series, ok here is what i see the command series life span getting its but kicked hard every day is around 2000 hrs on avg. Not with out repars tho. Like head gaskets, pan reseals, and an occasional reed valve all not too bad of repairs tho if you are handy, ok and mabe a coil or 2. As far as the efi. My favorite engine of theirs now that they worked all the bugs out. Life span i am seeing around 4000 hrs on avg . 700 to 1000 hrs check fuel pressure at the side mounted pump it should be 38psi. I see them go bad around those hrs. I will be putting one in my 02 conquest. Dont get the o2 sensor wet and change the oil after 8 hrs to get the shipping break in oil out and it will be a very good engine to you. Hope that will ease your mind. Cause it could be worse not a big fan of kawi or Briggs cause i work on those also. But thats fo another post. Hehe

[mowbizz]

Kohler engines are a great little engines i have been working on them every day since the k series, ok here is what i see the command series life span getting its but kicked hard every day is around 2000 hrs on avg. Not with out repars tho. Like head gaskets, pan reseals, and an occasional reed valve all not too bad of repairs tho if you are handy, ok and mabe a coil or 2. As far as the efi. My favorite engine of theirs now that they worked all the bugs out. Life span i am seeing around 4000 hrs on avg . 700 to 1000 hrs check fuel pressure at the side mounted pump it should be 38psi. I see them go bad around those hrs. I will be putting one in my 02 conquest. Dont get the o2 sensor wet and change the oil after 8 hrs to get the shipping break in oil out and it will be a very good engine to you. Hope that will ease your mind. Cause it could be worse not a big fan of kawi or Briggs cause i work on those also. But thats fo another post. Hehe

Great info! Thanks!

[argo6x6!]

lol yup, mine does the same thing!! only got about 10 hrs on it

[ARGOJIM]

Hoping rockdoctor chimes in here with some water cooled numbers also, I know he sees machines with extended runtimes on them.

[mowbizz]

lol yup, mine does the same thing!! only got about 10 hrs on it

Do you mean it starts harder than you would expect from a fuel injected engine?

[argo6x6!]

Do you mean it starts harder than you would expect from a fuel injected engine?

Ya kinda, at times it will need to be cranked longer...starts every time but sometimes just crank a little more then i think it should. i have the 19 hp air cooled engine

[mowbizz]

Ya kinda, at times it will need to be cranked longer...starts every time but sometimes just crank a little more then i think it should. i have the 19 hp air cooled engine

Yup...Exactly what mine does

[ARGOJIM]

Ya kinda, at times it will need to be cranked longer...starts every time but sometimes just crank a little more then i think it should. i have the 19 hp air cooled engine

I'm sorry crossed threads, the 19efi should have a manual pump which could explain the extended start times as the efi needs a certain pressure to run right. The buzzing may be a brake fan if you have one.