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Million dollar question slomo. My best guess is heat. The oil was thin with gas and I'm guessing the heat from that plus the wear from the guide caused it to give up. The exhaust valve was out of spec and the intake was really loose. Maybe the rocker came loose and bound up a little? Really kind...

Thanks for all the help. I figured I would pop in and give a final update. I got the new pushrods from Kohler. They came as 2 for a quantity and as far as I can tell the exhaust and intake were the same materials. I got it put together and it ran better but not great. Looking in the exhaust...

Well, I figured I would pop in with an update to my situation. There was a bent pushrod. Now the question I have is why? The key looked fine for the flywheel so I dont imagine it was a hard stop. Also it still started and ran fairly easily and I cant imagine that kind of bend being able to move...

I have a Huskee push mower with the Kohler xt650 engine on it. It sat for a year with untreated fuel in it (death in the family I didn't do my chores). I went to start it and it was low power. I cleaned the carb and a new plug. I also installed a new ignition because the plug wire was getting...