Hey all,
I've got a 1996 Miller Bobcat 225 Kohler with 900 hours on it, in really nice shape, the only problem is that it seems to be going through a lot of oil. The weird thing is that it doesn't smoke at all. There is no white smoke and no oil residue on the exhaust pipe at all. When I take the plugs out, they're oily and a little bit fowled up. I'm thinking that it's probably piston rings. I'm not welding every day and I could probably get away with just constantly topping off the oil, but I don't want to kill my engine. What kind of expense/work is involved in changing rings? The guy that I bought it from said that he had already changed the rings, and he gave me a gasket kit. I am wanting to get a bigger machine for air arc, so I might just end up selling it the way that it is. Let me know what you would do.
Thanks!
I've got a 1996 Miller Bobcat 225 Kohler with 900 hours on it, in really nice shape, the only problem is that it seems to be going through a lot of oil. The weird thing is that it doesn't smoke at all. There is no white smoke and no oil residue on the exhaust pipe at all. When I take the plugs out, they're oily and a little bit fowled up. I'm thinking that it's probably piston rings. I'm not welding every day and I could probably get away with just constantly topping off the oil, but I don't want to kill my engine. What kind of expense/work is involved in changing rings? The guy that I bought it from said that he had already changed the rings, and he gave me a gasket kit. I am wanting to get a bigger machine for air arc, so I might just end up selling it the way that it is. Let me know what you would do.
Thanks!
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