Hi Gents,
I recently picked up an LA120 on the cheap and I'm slowly restoring it. I notice there was a lot of tacky dirt on one side of the engine so when I cleaned it all up and ran the engine for a short time oil started to drip from one of the sump bolts. But this only happens while the engine is off and cooling. I tried tightening the bolt and the two either side of it. It drips a bit slower now but it's still going. So before I remove the engine and split the case I was wondering if anyone had any good tips I could try to stop this oil leak?
I also have a 21HP Kohler Command which I'm rebuilding and I just bought a second hand block (non working engine) for that. The owner had already split the case but then left it all in the rain. There's some mild surface rust in one cylinders but I am more concern with how I can clean off all the lime-scale/calcium that's covering all if the outer case and cooling fins.....any ideas anyone? .... is this something I need to blast of?
Many thanks.
Neo
I recently picked up an LA120 on the cheap and I'm slowly restoring it. I notice there was a lot of tacky dirt on one side of the engine so when I cleaned it all up and ran the engine for a short time oil started to drip from one of the sump bolts. But this only happens while the engine is off and cooling. I tried tightening the bolt and the two either side of it. It drips a bit slower now but it's still going. So before I remove the engine and split the case I was wondering if anyone had any good tips I could try to stop this oil leak?
I also have a 21HP Kohler Command which I'm rebuilding and I just bought a second hand block (non working engine) for that. The owner had already split the case but then left it all in the rain. There's some mild surface rust in one cylinders but I am more concern with how I can clean off all the lime-scale/calcium that's covering all if the outer case and cooling fins.....any ideas anyone? .... is this something I need to blast of?
Many thanks.
Neo