greenred
08-25-2010, 05:58 PM
Hi guys
I changed the oil and filter on my new mower for the first time. Unlike every engine I have ever owned this ones dipstick is proving impossible to read. I opened the oil drain and left it open till no more oil drained out. I read both the tractor manual and the engine manual and neither listed the amount of of oil the engine held but this link http://www.theoempartsstore.com/Kohler-Aegis-31-HP-Gasoline-Powered-Engine-V-Twin-Liquid-Cooled-LH775-OHV-Walker-Replacement-Engine-PA-LH775-0010.html says 2 quarts. So I put two quarts in.
Problem is I cant read the dipstick. It looks like I have either not enough or too much oil in the engine or possible just enough. The oil is so clean its almost completely transparent. And all i can get to stick to the dipstick is a very very thin transparent film of oil with a little bub of oil towards the bottom of the dipstick. The dipstick is wet with enough oil over the full mark to wet a paper towel but the bub of oil on the dipstick looks like it goes some where in between the full and add oil lines.
I changed the oil and filter on my new mower for the first time. Unlike every engine I have ever owned this ones dipstick is proving impossible to read. I opened the oil drain and left it open till no more oil drained out. I read both the tractor manual and the engine manual and neither listed the amount of of oil the engine held but this link http://www.theoempartsstore.com/Kohler-Aegis-31-HP-Gasoline-Powered-Engine-V-Twin-Liquid-Cooled-LH775-OHV-Walker-Replacement-Engine-PA-LH775-0010.html says 2 quarts. So I put two quarts in.
Problem is I cant read the dipstick. It looks like I have either not enough or too much oil in the engine or possible just enough. The oil is so clean its almost completely transparent. And all i can get to stick to the dipstick is a very very thin transparent film of oil with a little bub of oil towards the bottom of the dipstick. The dipstick is wet with enough oil over the full mark to wet a paper towel but the bub of oil on the dipstick looks like it goes some where in between the full and add oil lines.