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I started with 10W-30 in my truck and switched to 30W as recommended by a friend who helped me replace worn rocker arms and push rods. With engine at operating temperature 30W had higher oil pressure at idle than 10W-30. Also 10W30 was only supplying a mist of oil to rocker arms at idle, while...

Do you store your mower inside? If so, there should reason to use a multi-viscosity oil as viscosity should be selected on operating temperature and not outside air temperature. Being 70 years old I can remember when 10W-30 was rarely used and hard to find. The EPA forced manufacturers to...

I agree with the post to keep it natural, let Mother Nature maintain it. My ancestors moved into the Appalachian Mountains in the 1830s and we are still here living among the trees. A forester suggested I remove several trees and in five years I would have more shade with healthier trees. He...

Break-in Oil. I retired from aviation where break-in oil is used on most all combustion engine rebuilds including ground support equipment powered by small industrial engines. I recently discussed the issue with an engineer with excellent knowledge of oils and engines. He said break-in oils are...

You nailed it! Soil testing ensures the correct mixture is applied, if need at all. Fertilizing without soil testing is like adding a quart of oil to you vehicle every week without checking the level first, simply because your last vehicle used a quart every week.

Sorry no schematic, I have only repaired my own or friends equipment over the years. If it is not electronic it should be simple to rewire using a 12v circuit tester. Most equipment I have seen over the years could have been designed to avoid early failure. Equipment that vibrates damages wires...

It's sounding more like a key switch and I assume the red wire is supplying power to the solenoid. You can bypass the key switch with single pole switch to ground the magneto for off and another switch to engage the solenoid. I did this on a couple of mowers in the past since the key is the same...

Someone else posted a pic. Does your solenoid have two small wire posts? If so does crank when purple is connected without key on? Is the black wire same size and connection as purple? If all is "yes" then purple and black may be reversed or key switch is stuck in "start" position, which...

Assuming the solenoid in the below picture is the same as yours, it's a basic solenoid used for decades in automotive, aviation, farm, marine, and many more. The two smaller wires should be the switch that activates the solenoid, and the large wire circuit is connected by the solenoid to...

Knowing it fried the starter and the problem continues with a new starter, I would suspect the key switch. If the switch sticks in the start position, the starter will remain engaged while being driven by the engine, which will burn up the starter. By turning the switch off and quickly back...

Warranty replaced engine after catastrophic failure of one cylinder. Dealer determined valve spring broke and dropped valve in cylinder.

My Hustler X-One with Kawasaki FX850V is not fuel injected. I strongly feel it is a broken ring which allowed fuel to leak into the oil.

Oil level was on the full mark and still on the mark after the failure. I believe it broke a ring on one cylinder because the dipstick had the slight smell of gas. Also, I read another post from Oct 2021 when someone else had the same problem with only 6 hr on their Hustler X-One with the...

Has it been resolved, if so what was the problem? I also have a Hustler X-One with a similar problem from a Kawasaki FX850V with 2.9 hr. Mine was running fine then started running rough with noise, which I assumed was something picked up by the blades. I disengaged the PTO and tried to move it...

Started my third cut with my new X One when the engine started running rough and heavy smoke from exhaust. Inspected the engine and checked oil, all was fine. Restarted and engine would not increase on rpm past idle, which was rough and exhaust smoke. Engine started making loud noise and...

Hello, Carl here living in East Tennessee and just purchased Hustler X One, 60" deck powered by a Kawasaki FX850V.

Thanks for the reply, but just discovered it's a more serious problem. After it cooled down I restarted and tried to move it to the garage. Engine started but stilled ran rough as if on one cylinder. After about two minutes of warmup it started making a loud noise and threw part of a ring out...

New Hustler X-One with 2.9 hours started running rough, disengaged PTO but enging continued to run rough with black smoke before dying. Difficult to restart, will only idle rough with black exhaust, cannot advance throttle without dying, and mower cannot be moved without engine dying.