Jim_Rockford 0 #1 Posted July 24, 2010 I was a little curious as to the health of my kohler ( You know you gotta have the yearly inspection on your kohler after 50 ...) so I tried a compression test, At first I was getting like 15psi..I was like Holy hell, then It clicked about the auto compression release so I reset the gauge to 0 and tried it again and really let it wind out and it jumped up to 100psi so I'm guessing that pretty good? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kelly 1,033 #2 Posted July 24, 2010 I'd say 100 is pretty good, it is hard to get a true reading with the ACR. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coadster32 793 #3 Posted July 25, 2010 100 is just fine. :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim_Rockford 0 #4 Posted July 26, 2010 Sure is , I increased the plug gap from .18 to .35 and cleaned the carb bowl and it runs like a song and the ol 42 inch deck with dull blades has no problems cutting tall field grass, I was really worried when I got it that it was worn out and low on power cause it ran poorly and needed to have about half choke and would bog down everytime you tried to cut the smallest amount of grass. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rickv1957 75 #5 Posted July 26, 2010 A little tuning does wonders! Rick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coadster32 793 #6 Posted July 27, 2010 I increased the plug gap from .18 to .35 I think you meant .018 to .035" (sorry, machinist here) :thumbs: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tommy3horse 3 #7 Posted July 27, 2010 Plug gap according to Kohler should be .025 Oh and Tom :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
