Recent content by cmayo

What's strange, though, is that I'd already cut my 1.5 acre lot twice this season without any of these issues, and the problem started right after I did maintenance (spark plug, oil & filter change, air cleaner & pre-cleaner) and, for the first time, added a fuel stabilizer to my gas (Ethanol...

Good point about fuel storage. We don't get much winter weather here in central Texas and there's usually some kind of work for the mower year-round, but this is the first winter I let the mower sit with fuel in it for any length of time. I plan to drain the fuel tank and try some fresh fuel...

Update. Did some more digging and for anyone's information, the "fitting" at the top of the fuel tank is a Troy Bilt Part 751-12118 Rollover Valve. It's a vent with a little floating baffle in it that closes the vent and prevents fuel spillage should the mower roll over. I took one off a 2009...

First major mowing (1.5 - 2 hrs) after spring maintenance (spark plug, oil & filter change, air cleaner & pre-cleaner), after an hour or so, engine started sputtering like it was running out of gas. After a few seconds, engine smoothed back out. Pattern repeated every few minuntes for the...

Tried to do my first-ever valve adjustment on my Kohler Courage 20 SV601 engine today following this guide https://youtu.be/VyPCBqGMYvo?t=354, and wound up backing out of the attempt when I was unable to loosen the T15 Torx screw on the exhaust side. As I understood the video, the Torx on the...

This has happened to me a couple times. As the subject says, the oil will show low (1/2 the operating range) so I'll top it off until it reads full. After running a little while and checking it again, the dipstick will show the engine oil to be overfilled. Any idea why this is happening, and how...