HOMERFROMLAWTON
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I just bought a lehr 15 hp, runs on propane. It is a chinese engine but all parts enterchange with yamaha. When i got the engine it had no oil. someone had laid it on it's side and all the oil had ran out.
i bought a new filter and filled the oil to the top of the filler hole like you would do on a lawn mower.
then i found a dipstick to check the oil. i could not at the time figure out why there was a 1 pound bolt with nut taped on the filler tube. when i pull the dip stick out i had about a pint of oil run out of the hole.
i took the bolt off and stuck the dip stick back in.
the starter would not engage so i oiled the top of the starter and it started engaging.
but it blew the dipstick out of the hole and was blowing oil out of the dipstick hole.
Do i just need to get a new dipstick, or is there something else i need to look for.
i might add the engine had a lot sand on the outside of the engine. i would estimate i power washed about 8 ounces of sand off the engine by romving the covers.
it is just like the exhaust has no place to go. i have not followed thru, but could the exhaust be also filled with sand leaving the exhause no where to go except thru the oil stick pipe.
the engine is not locked and turns freely by hand or starter, but it seems like to pull rope is locked up.
i did pull both spark plugs and when i turned it over it still blows the oil stick out.
life would be so boring without strange things that defy common sense
i bought a new filter and filled the oil to the top of the filler hole like you would do on a lawn mower.
then i found a dipstick to check the oil. i could not at the time figure out why there was a 1 pound bolt with nut taped on the filler tube. when i pull the dip stick out i had about a pint of oil run out of the hole.
i took the bolt off and stuck the dip stick back in.
the starter would not engage so i oiled the top of the starter and it started engaging.
but it blew the dipstick out of the hole and was blowing oil out of the dipstick hole.
Do i just need to get a new dipstick, or is there something else i need to look for.
i might add the engine had a lot sand on the outside of the engine. i would estimate i power washed about 8 ounces of sand off the engine by romving the covers.
it is just like the exhaust has no place to go. i have not followed thru, but could the exhaust be also filled with sand leaving the exhause no where to go except thru the oil stick pipe.
the engine is not locked and turns freely by hand or starter, but it seems like to pull rope is locked up.
i did pull both spark plugs and when i turned it over it still blows the oil stick out.
life would be so boring without strange things that defy common sense