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My mower is less than 2 years old and has 32 hrs on it. When 1/2 way through cutting the yard last weekend, the engine (Kohler 7000 series) began stuttering and died - as if it was starving for fuel but still had a half tank. The LCD display message center was flashing LOW OIL PRESSURE as it was stalling. I checked the oil level and it was at the FULL mark and was barely tinted. Started it back up and it idled fine so I went back to cutting grass for a couple of minutes before it stalled again - with the same message displayed as it was dying, so I quit trying and put it away.
I thought maybe the filter was restricted so I bought the right Kohler filter & Kohler oil and changed it today. Started up and ran fine until about 5 minutes into cutting grass and the same thing happened. From what I've read, there is no separate oil pressure sensor but rather just an oil level sensor or float switch. If that's correct, should I replace the float switch?
Or is it possibly a fuel starvation issue at high demand (cutting grass, not idling) and as it stalls, it develops a low oil pressure condition because it is at low RPS while stalling?
Thanks for your time.
I thought maybe the filter was restricted so I bought the right Kohler filter & Kohler oil and changed it today. Started up and ran fine until about 5 minutes into cutting grass and the same thing happened. From what I've read, there is no separate oil pressure sensor but rather just an oil level sensor or float switch. If that's correct, should I replace the float switch?
Or is it possibly a fuel starvation issue at high demand (cutting grass, not idling) and as it stalls, it develops a low oil pressure condition because it is at low RPS while stalling?
Thanks for your time.