2000 with kohler engine starter wont turn engine over.

Check voltage at battery is >12.0VDC. Try jumpstart. Check battery cables and engine ground bond.

check fuel --dirty fuel filter dirty air filter carb needs cleaning or rebuild

Very can be if it is an OHV engine that either the valves are needing adjusting or the decompressor has failed.

Most 4 cycle small mower engines have decompressors to help with the starting, These are only active at start-up and does not effect normal engine compression when running.

Make sure carb is not dumping gasoline into cylinder causing a hydraulic lock

the solenoid chatters due to voltage drop. Check battery charge & condition, and check battery terminals and connection to ground and the solenoid.

my westwood tractor 1600hp will not charge the battery

i have a Kohler 16 Magnum opposed cylinder engine and it wont crank over with the spark plugs in it,battery and starter are both good,its an aluminum engine and i have seen several of the Kohler engines break the automatic compression release on the cam gear and they seem to lock up while trying to start,pull the plugs and the crank fine,Kokler is the most expensive engine i have seen and their parts are outrageously priced,old Kokler was a good engine,newer ones in my opinion are junk,i work at a small engine shop,i have seen new Kohler engines with a broken ACRs,i work at a second job,we got a new supervisor that worked for Kohler before her came to our plant,he said he worked customer service at Kohler and he heard complaints constantly from people using their engines and the returns were out the roof on their engines,what im saying is i wont ever but another Kohler unless itsm an old one,Thanks Tommy

my 15 hp kohler engine backfired while i was using it, now it wont crank and backfires thru carb

I have a duetz-allis mower with 18hp. kohler eng. won't start, have new seloniod, new circuit breaker, getting fire to switch & out. Still won'tstart

Either the stator went out or the voltage regulator is faulty and must be replaced