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Mtd cub (neighbors) 26 horse needs help with engine

Thread starter jcarson
Start date May 5, 2009

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jcarson

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May 5, 2009

hey all ,,my neighbor has had his 1050 cub mtd for about three years.this year it started smoking realy bad and using alot of oil. its a 26 horse kohler command with a 50 inch cut.i get along ok with my cubs but i dont know much about his. we did the obvious. we checked the plugs to find that one the right side fouls out(oil), so i checked the fire its good.i switched the plug made no differnce ,we know that cyl.is fireing cause i can hear the change in the engine when i pull off the wire.. it has 150 psi in the bad cyl.same on the other side... the air cleaner also gets loaded with oil ,,please any advice is appreciated. ,,,jared

need to get this one going as he mows about 2 acres every week