Anyone know Kohler engines?

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Originally Posted by FlintTony

I'd be looking at eliminating the governor altogether. Can you disconnect it at the carb and get the engine to run? I eliminated it on my roto-tiller engine and it is much better.

The engine runs fine. Problem is if you crank the gas up with no load, then apply a load the engine slows down. You can give it more gas so it speeds up but then when the load goes away the engine can over rev.

If everything is working correctly you should be able to max out the throttle, should be set to run at 3,600 rpm. Then when you apply a load as the engine starts to slow the governor will back off, giving it more gas and maintain the 3,600 rpm. With no governor you're constantly adjusting the throttle to keep it going or keeping it from over reving and blowing up the engine.