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Originally Posted by biglefty
Ok with all that being said. I did a compression check. I did this with the throttle fully open & the choke open. Left side clean burning side 79 psi. Right 80 psi. I also checked the Kohler service manual & they said you should not have any thing under 90 psi. So it looks like this thing is getting tired. I will say it does not smoke at all while running or at start up. I did mow with it Sunday for about 20 min. it ran good just rough at idle. I don't know if it did anything when I replaced the other fuel line or not. Maybe it had some kind of junk in the carb that passed through if that's possible I don't know. With the compression where it is wonder how much time is left.
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Been in your situation with a M18 having low compression like that. I think others will agree: looks for a repower and use it until it quits. Unless you sink boku bucks into it there is no saving that engine. Use it until it dies then repower with another M18 or Command or similar
