Geo-TH,In
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I have a few with small engines with the oil shut off. I would like to know how the oil shut off switches work on small engines. When I change oil on a 20 hp kohler, it won't fire until the oil filter is full. I have a genny and 13 hp honda without oil filters. My honda has gismo 1 attached to the crankcase. Gismo 1 has a wire going to gismo 2. A second wire leaves gismo 2 and attaches to the coil. I'm guessing that when there is no oil in crank, the coil is shorted out by the gismos killing the spark.
So, what do you call gismo 1? Gismo 2? And how do they work? What do they use to detect the presence of oil?
Does my 20 hp kohler command use a pressure switch or does it use gismos like above?
All mine are working just fine, I'm just courous in the event they fail?
George
So, what do you call gismo 1? Gismo 2? And how do they work? What do they use to detect the presence of oil?
Does my 20 hp kohler command use a pressure switch or does it use gismos like above?
All mine are working just fine, I'm just courous in the event they fail?
George