Kohler Courage 23 knocking and won’t start

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otpaul

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Good afternoon

I’ve got a cub cadet lt1050 with a Kohler Courage 23 in it with 240 hours. I purchased this mower used about 3 weeks ago and got 3 mows out of it.

Today, the mower died without warning and I just thought it ran out of gas. Wrong. Half of a tank. Attempted to start again but heard loud knocking when turning over and engine would not run.

Removed spark plugs and both pistons are moving when manually turning over the engine. Oil level is good but does have a gasoline smell to it. Could be my imagination though. Spark plugs dry as a bone

Any suggestions on what to do next? Sounds bad to me and wondering if it’s worth tearing into it.

Thanks!
 
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