Governor Questions

[Hunter65]

What exactly is a governor and what does it do. Also how do i adjust and or remove it???

 

[motor_head]

the governor keeps the engine speed constant if theres no load the throttle will be almost closed with a max load it will be wide open

 

[vandancouver]

also keeps you from blowing it up

 

[Affair_driven]

also keeps you from blowing it up

Only if engine has been modified or badly worn.

 

[vandancouver]

if it hasnt been modified and you remove the govenor you could still blow it up. ive done it lol

 

[Affair_driven]

Then something was wrong with it in the first place.

 

[r_chez_08]

what happened???

 

[Kaptain Krunch]

Then something was wrong with it in the first place.

I know someone who has an old wheelhorse lawn tractor with a HH60 horizontal shaft. He was complaining about the engine losing power after 15 minutes, overheating, and spewing oil out the breather. It turned out he didnt have the governor linkages set right, and the governor gear actually split in half, so he was actually running it wide open non stop and he had no problems besides the oil spewing and overheating. But then again i know stock engines that have thrown rods under normal circumstances.

 

[Affair_driven]

also keeps you from blowing it up

Define "blowing it up".

 

[freakboy]

rod flys out of the side of the block or it stops runing due to engine parts breaking.

 

[Affair_driven]

Guess I'm just lucky then. I've owned more engines than I can count.
Only had a rod break once after (unknowingly) losing an oil seal at 6k (+/-) rpm.