Recent content by Rifraph48

I have two suggestions and some may disagree with both. 1) Take the engine apart to determine what failed. A Kawasaki FR engine (Residential), while good, is not the top of their line. I do not think valve lash issues could cause a failure like that. 2) I do not use regular automotive oil in my...

I use Fleetfilter.com to get my WIX filters.

If you have not done so, you may want to clean the battery negative connection to the frame. I have seen those rusty or mostly painted so the only electrical contact is a few threads from the cable bolt.

My opinion: I live in central Texas where the climate sounds similar. I use 10W-30 Racing Oil (higher zinc) in my non-filter (splash lube) engines and 15W-40 Racing Oil in my filtered (oil pump) engines. These give higher HTHS test results and there is no catalytic convertor to protect. The...

Perhaps the magneto module fails when it gets hot. You may replace the module and you can install a toggle switch in series in the "kill" wire that goes to the module. That way you can take a "safety" switch out of the circuit in case a switch fails when it gets hot and switch all that back in...

Or you can simply put the toggle switch in series on the wire that is connected to the "kill" connection. That way the safety switches are connected or not based on the switch setting which is under your control.

Cut the wire that goes to the "kill" connection on the magneto module. Then wire a grounded toggle switch to that connection so you can shut the engine off when you want it off. You eliminate all of the annoying "safety" switches as you can fix one and then another fails. When I was a kid long...

"Putting corn likker into our gas tanks is truly one of the dumbest things our national government has ever come up with." Consider that it might not be dumb. It might be corruption. What if it is a way to launder taxpayer money? Cargill likes the program so much they give a lot of taxpayer...

BTW, buy your ethanol free gasoline at a station where you know it is fairly fresh. I suspect some stations sell little of it so it ages and gasoline does not age well unless it is treated.

Forgive my typos/spelling. They always show up AFTER posting regardless of my proofreading!

I only use ethanol free gasoline for all of my small engines. It cost more per gallon but I think (I do not have hard data) that the lifecycle cost for the use of the equipment is less. Further, the engines always start an run good even if that have been sitting for a few months. Ethanol can...