Kohler Pro 25hp V-Twin bench test

[Caneone420]

I have a GT5000 that starts choke out but when I push the choke in it dies. I'm draining the gas and replacing the fuel filter today. Any advice will help

[schindlerman96]

Nice sounding Kohler my dream one day is to own a newer used ridier with some V-Twin Kohler

[pnutsnz]

lovely job well done guys

[thevidiodude177]

Do you still have your Zero Turn?

[DMJR13]

Want this on my horse

[05fordgtx1]

Briggs are the beat engines money can bay

[schindlerman96]

I seen an ad in our local paper in my hometown of a 03 craftsman 17 HP Kohler 42 inch deck I may be going to look at it they are asking 550 but the lady said they would take 500

[DasMidnightDrifter]

That engine looks pretty new to have blowed up. :(

[tonychall3000]

how much would yall charge for a motor???

i need one for my rideing mower

[1337bman]

bye bye briggs hello Kohler!

[mrwiggles2]

I'm not crazy about vertical's but this is a sweet motor.

[BMAN294]

I have a Kohler Command 20 (horizontal shaft) and when it gets really hot it starts sputtering and eventually dies and will not run unless it sits for a while - do you know what would cause that

[MrShawn305]

@BMAN294 usually when the ignition coils go bad they will do that. When they get hot they start to sputter and eventually stall, let it sit for a while to cool off, then it starts up again and does the same thing.

[condo630]

That's what bench tests are for.

[ImKnotSane]

Great video. I have the same engine in the same tractor. Bought it approx. 5 years ago and the motor started blowing oil. I have the motor out and i haven't pulled it apart yet but you video gives me hope that I can get it running again. I wish you had video'd the rebuild. Thanks though. I bought that motor because I understood that the Kohler was the way to go. Payed an extra $300 dollars to get the Kohler instead of the Briggs. I learned this Kohler has had problems.

[marbeer17]

Where can I buy block like this?, mine is cracked so I need to replace it. It's just like this Kolker Pro 25 hp V twin. Thanks.

[mikeluscher159]

those kohlers are quiet right, im looking at a roper gt 22 horse kohler with the 50'deck, advice?

[lalo41388]

im about to buy a honda 25 hp engine can u tell me if that works for a dun buggy ?

[Nicko617]

i looove the sound of a kohler!!!

[Motorfordtoyota]

@Nicko617 and the reliability!

[mhtube01]

that's an awesome engine right there! runs smoothly and i love how tough it sounds. that's great you guys got it rebuilt and put it back on the gt5000 where it belongs as opposed to the Briggs ELS. Kohlers are a great engine. nice job.

[offroadingmachine007]

Kohlers are built like a fucking tank, i took one apart in shop class and it was a bitch to do. I've got an opposed twin 18 horse command series i think. its really torkey to.

[lmr839]

Great Job on your Re-Build. That Kohler sounds smooth and tight. It's a little heavier that the Briggs, but a far better engine. Definitly yank out that Briggs and slip the Kohler back in........oh yeah...keep oil in it this time!! LOL!

Agian, good job.

[LynolsOffice]

Oh yeah we put it back in later that day in fact. We also got rid of that easy-drain oil plug which was only finger tight when we got the engine, blown, with no oil in it. I wonder why...

[mikeluscher159]

@LynolsOffice the plastic casing around the engine kinda looks like one of a bmw, chunky black plastic and chrome stripes?

[Gatewayuser200]

@lmr839 why?



[67ovette]

ive got a gt5000 had it for eight years somethin like that and its by far the biggest pos ive ever owned

[foortiz619]

how much?

[GarrettJDB]

well it is a crapsman

[douro20]

Good thing you got that rebuilt; that's one expensive engine.

[B04rD3r4LiFe]

Would this work horizontally for a go kart?

[LynolsOffice]

No. Besides there being no way to mount it horizontally, the carb is different for verticals.

[adb140275]

not to mention youll seize the pistons to the cylinders

[killer454]

Whats the most powerfull you have?

[LynolsOffice]

I guess that would be the Briggs & Stratton 26hp V-twin on the Wizard.

[tyler1234040]

@LynolsOffice i guess its all prefrance but id rather have a 10 hp honda than a 15 hp briggs

[BlueBirdTC2000RE]

that song starting at 0:13 thats from sonic the hedgehog

[LynolsOffice]

Yeah, lol. It's Dave's ringtone.

[biggray94]

I like the test stand. Where did you get the frame?

[LynolsOffice]

Its a steel frame salvaged from an old table actually.

[Flyordie209]

I have the GT5000 Series also with this motor... its an awesome motor except for the 1 issue I have had with it... about 8 months after I bought it... while mowing teh lawn (4" Tall Grass) full throttle the engine just started to hamper down and have trouble keeping RPMs at full throttle... turns out I pushed the rod while mowing.. ;-s Needless to say Craftsman came out and fixed it.. but my gosh... that was weird.

[Smallgasengine1]

Please do the honda mower !!

[pat12047]

its amazing how many of theese kohlers end up like that with thrown rods.

[FlyKeithFly]

that wasnt leaking oil... it was pouring oil...xD but nice motor... go check out my mower on my page... i have a 25hp B&S motor

[powerbandthriller495]

cool. what are you gonna put the motor on

[kyl75]

what is the most powerful lawnmower you have?

[LynolsOffice]

In terms of HP? I guess that'd be the Wizard with the 26hp B&S ELS v-tiwn. This motor is on the GT5000 now, making it the 2nd most powerfull.

[kyl75]

cool

[thermalnose]

really

[82agwayldt11]

Ahh, you shoulda left the muffler off man, them things sound great with straight pipes!

[LynolsOffice]

Yeah, cool they are, affordable they are not. They're almost $1,000 over the cost of a carburetter equipped version of the same Kohler.

[LynolsOffice]

Yeah it's going back on the Craftsman GT5000

[LynolsOffice]

You can hear it idle at 4:40, it's pretty quiet at idle too.

[NRP1991]

Wow that is kick ass! great rebuild! kohler huh...gotta mean tone to them as well...

[wassahilden]

kohler's are my favorite small engines, we have 2 and all i have personally done on either of them is clean the points on the one that was made in 1980-ish. The other is a fuel injected v-twin on a Dixie chopper

[LynolsOffice]

I've seen those fuel injected ones online, totaly awesome. They're just like a car with a fuel injector for each cylinder!

[2000F350powerstroke]

too bad its goin back in i would have bought it for my cube tractor if 1 i had enough money 2 if it wasnt going to get put into the crapsman

[themaritimeman]

Sweet! That thing runs awesome with a good block! So, with this different block, will this engine still make 25 HP?

Hehe, when Dave said that the muffler probably had gas in it, I prepared by turning the volume down. lol! No bang, though.

[LynolsOffice]

Yeah, the block we bought is from the exact same model engine, and all the parts on it are off the original 25hp motor.

[smokey65662]

Nice!!!!

[MAG315]

Do you think that loose bolt may have been the cause of the engine to lose oil and blow in the first place?

[30GB]

its another block so its not the blown one but they said that the guy did not put oil or maintain the oil level his engine so it blew

[gasman7777]

nice job. runs nice and smooth. should be able to put down plenty of power for that craftsman.

[justin3zelda]

Gotta love Kohler, or at least love them when they work and have oil in them :P

[chevykid94]

Sounds really smooth! You can tell it's got some power by the way it tourqued when ya revved it up.

[dangeroustoys56]

Nice- the motor that used to be on my 85 craftsman(14.5HP OHV briggs) would smoke horrible- the valve cover gasket leaks and dripped all over the muffler.

Good thing y caught the leak before it lost all its oil-

[LynolsOffice]

Yeah it lost about 1 quart in those few seconds.