Side mounted fire starter. Red Hot exhaust

[Goose1776]

Looking through old posts, seems to indicate this is “normal” for the Kohler powered 425???
Nope don’t like it…
About gave me a heart attack when I was mowing tonight.

 

[K5lwq]

I don't know anything about the PT machines but ain’t nothing normal about that picture! Holy Cow!

 

[Goose1776]

I don't know anything about the PT machines but ain’t nothing normal about that picture! Holy Cow!

Yeah
I don’t think so either

 

[K5lwq]

I do like the fact it has the word HOT on top. Pretty sure if this is normal that would be self explanatory.

 

[pjbci]

 

[Goose1776]

I do like the fact it has the word HOT on top. Pretty sure if this is normal that would be self explanatory.

I should’ve thrown a steak on there

 

[m5040]

If that is a low light picture, it is normal for gasoline engine working at max HP, if that is taken in sunlight, it is not so good.

 

[Goose1776]

If that is a low light picture, it is normal for gasoline engine working at max HP, if that is taken in sunlight, it is not so good.

It was low light, almost dark
Only reason, it looks more like daylight, is I was under a dusk-dawn light when I took the pic
It still doesn’t seem right, lol

but engine is brand new,
starts, and runs fine, with no loss of power, no misses, backfires Etc.

 

[CalG]

Retarded ignition will run a red hot exhaust. But there will be other symptoms, like power loss.

These new fangled CCD pocket cameras screw up picture taking big time. Auto exposure on one aspect makes an adjacent detail all color crooked.

 

[Goose1776]

Retarded ignition will run a red hot exhaust. But there will be other symptoms, like power loss.

These new fangled CCD pocket cameras screw up picture taking big time. Auto exposure on one aspect makes an adjacent detail all color crooked.

Here’s a pic in the dark, when I pulled into the shed