Engine Life

[Raven]

I was reading the thread "Oil Changes" and was wondering how many hours you expect to get out of your engines. There was a post by someone, and unless I read it wrong, he was impressed that his engine was holding up at 2000 hours.

I average about 900 hours a season and changed my engine at the beginning of this season after 4 seasons (3,686 hours). The engine before that had slightly over 4,000 hours on it. My dealer gladly sells me the engines, but thinks I'm wasting money.

[SLIMDAWG1]

YO,RAVEN SEEMS LIKE YOU KNOW HOW TO MAINTAIN AN ENGINE WELL ENOUGH. IF I WERE THE DEALER I'D RATHER SELL YOU A NEW MOWER INSTEAD OF AN ENGINE TOO. IF YOU DON'T NEED ONE DON'T BUY ONE,NOBODY WANTS THOSE BILLS.KEEP UP THE MAINTENANCE AND YOU KEEP UP THE PROFITS.

[Richard Martin]

I will be very disappointed if I don't get in the neighborhood of 4,000 hours from my Kohler 25. If I get 1,500 hours out of my Kawasaki single cylinder engines I'm happy though.

[HOWARD JONES]

There was a thread awhile back "2000 hour club" - not many responses around 4000 hours, and most were Dixie Choppers (I don't own one, but I think the oil coolers and extra filtering must contribute to longer life).

[awm]

u got me thinking now[or trying]:) .
wonder if theres a variation of that donaldson filter for our trucks.

[HOWARD JONES]

Yes, Donaldson makes precleaners for various truck/automotive applications - take a look at their site.