No oil on the dipstick story

[callbay]

My son was given a six year old Miller welder #301G with a V twin Kohler. 20 hp I believe. It has 1,300 hours on it. His welder friend had bought a new one but had just now stopped using the old one.

We checked the dipstick and no oil showing at all. Drained the "oil" and got 1/2 inch in a gallon jug. It was light tan milky color with water in it. It had been stored outsdide with a cracked.exhaust manifold exposed. My son heard it run when he picked it up. It also has a pretty bad oil leak.

Just amazing to me how some people don't take care of their equipment.

 

[Texan4Life]

Originally Posted By: callbay
Just amazing to me how some people don't take care of their equipment.


+1

 

[440Magnum]

Not cared for, but it still gave 1300 hours. Wow.

 

[JTK]

Sounds like one of the pipe fitting contractors we use at work. They've got a towable Miller welder with a V-twin Kohler Command that they often leave at our plant. The oil filter on it is so old the can is completely rusted on the outside. You can't even make out what brand filter it is. It sounds OK when it's running. What ever you can hear over the noise of our plant(s) that is.

Joel

 

[antonmnster]

Our fleet of Cushman Trucksters uses Kohler V twins. They seem indestructible. Even with spotty oil changes and high-temp lugging, they don't have any problems until at least 4000 hours. They can be coaxed up to 5000-7000 hours before they need a rebuild.

 

[callbay]

Should we try to flush out the last bit of that watery oil that is probably left in the crankcase (before we put back the drain plug and add new oil and filter)? If so, with what?

Also, I just noticed on one of the valve covers a decal that says "Oil Sentry" on it. Must not be working.

 

[eljefino]

Yes I'd flush. Anything cheap. In fact I'd fill it and run it a few seconds then drain and repeat.

 

[typ901]

Good to hear that your son got it for free; that is a 5k starting price welder new. The new models are now EFI! Yeah flush it, cheap oil and filter.

 

[Jim 5]

Originally Posted By: antonmnster
Our fleet of Cushman Trucksters uses Kohler V twins. They seem indestructible. Even with spotty oil changes and high-temp lugging, they don't have any problems until at least 4000 hours. They can be coaxed up to 5000-7000 hours before they need a rebuild.


Hmm, I remember working as a groundskeeper in university and loving driving the cushman trucksters. If we're talking about the same things, they were about the size of a golf cart (a little longer) with a dump bed, three wheels and a 4 speed standard transmission with a clutch. Loved it! I remember loading 3 of us (17 and 18 year olds) in front and about 4 in the dump bed, and seven line trimmers and a few jugs of mixed gas...hauling _____ down the fairway in 4th gear at about 35MPH catching air off differnet dips in the fairway.

It's a wonder I made it to 41 alive when I think of my relationship with motor vehicles and mortality more generally in those days.

Oh and we never checked oil. That explains why everything from the line trimmers to walk behind mowers were 2 strokes and they supplied the gas cans.

 

[chad8]

I'd fill it with cheap detergent oil and a little mmo.whatever you have lying around. even your used car motor oil. run it for a bit until good and warmed up . then dump the mixture and start over.

 

[webfors]

Same experience this weekend. We got hit with over a foot of snow. Went to help my parents and their neighbor lent me his SB... 12 year old MTD with a 10HP tecumseh engine. Man that thing was in rough shape, but it did the job! Needs a carb/choke adjustment, oil change and new plug. The oil was barely touching the dipstick and was black, so I added about half a quart of 5w30, and topped up the gas with 91 octane with a dose of MMO in it

Neighbor said we can use it anytime... so I offered to service it for him in the spring.