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[email protected] May 10th 06 03:33 AM

mower white smoke
 
I just started the mower and it runs on and off with a lot of smoke.
I did drain off the mower engine oil last winter and refilled that with
5w30 after checking up with this newsgroup.
My guess is that I put in some gas that has been around over 6 months.
What other option do I have?
The mower has been in use only for 3 years.

Daniel
Toronto


B. Peg May 10th 06 03:49 AM

mower white smoke
 
> I just started the mower and it runs on and off with a lot of smoke.
> I did drain off the mower engine oil last winter and refilled that with
> 5w30 after checking up with this newsgroup.
> My guess is that I put in some gas that has been around over 6 months.
> What other option do I have?
> The mower has been in use only for 3 years.


You sure it isn't from the oil-soaked air filter? My Honda engine'd
lawnmower does that. No crankcase oil burned as the level never changes,
but when I take off the air cleaner it stops belching smoke.

B~



Oleg Lego May 10th 06 05:48 AM

mower white smoke
 
The entity posted thusly:

>I just started the mower and it runs on and off with a lot of smoke.
>I did drain off the mower engine oil last winter and refilled that with
>5w30 after checking up with this newsgroup.
>My guess is that I put in some gas that has been around over 6 months.
>What other option do I have?
>The mower has been in use only for 3 years.


Did you put in some gas-oil mixture by mistake? Perhaps a jerry can
meant for your snowmobile, chain saw, or outboard?

John S. May 10th 06 01:10 PM

mower white smoke
 

wrote:
> I just started the mower and it runs on and off with a lot of smoke.


Are you saying the mower will only run periodically and when it does it
is with a lot of smoke.

Or are you saying that sometimes when the mower runs it smokes, but not
always.



> I did drain off the mower engine oil last winter and refilled that with
> 5w30 after checking up with this newsgroup.


Did you overfill it. Also has the mower been tipped on it's side with
the carburetor on the down side.

> My guess is that I put in some gas that has been around over 6 months.


Does the gas have two cycle oil in it.


> What other option do I have?


Check the above.

> The mower has been in use only for 3 years.
>
> Daniel
> Toronto



Scott Dorsey May 10th 06 02:26 PM

mower white smoke
 
> wrote:
>I just started the mower and it runs on and off with a lot of smoke.
>I did drain off the mower engine oil last winter and refilled that with
>5w30 after checking up with this newsgroup.
>My guess is that I put in some gas that has been around over 6 months.
>What other option do I have?
>The mower has been in use only for 3 years.


White smoke? White? On an air-cooled engine?

Did you drain the gas also? This sounds like it could be bad gas more
than anything else.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[email protected] May 10th 06 02:28 PM

mower white smoke
 
I did put in pure gas no mixture.
I am to check the air filter and spark plug later this evening. I will
also get some fresh gas to see if stale gas was the problem (idle for 6
months)
The mower runs steadily but with a lot of white smoke on and off.
I will double check if I put in too much oil - which I doubt as I did
check the dip stick.
Thanks a lot from your guys advice.

Daniel


John S. wrote:
> wrote:
> > I just started the mower and it runs on and off with a lot of smoke.

>
> Are you saying the mower will only run periodically and when it does it
> is with a lot of smoke.
>
> Or are you saying that sometimes when the mower runs it smokes, but not
> always.
>
>
>
> > I did drain off the mower engine oil last winter and refilled that with
> > 5w30 after checking up with this newsgroup.

>
> Did you overfill it. Also has the mower been tipped on it's side with
> the carburetor on the down side.
>
> > My guess is that I put in some gas that has been around over 6 months.

>
> Does the gas have two cycle oil in it.
>
>
> > What other option do I have?

>
> Check the above.
>
> > The mower has been in use only for 3 years.
> >
> > Daniel
> > Toronto



Steve May 10th 06 04:22 PM

mower white smoke
 
Scott Dorsey wrote:

> > wrote:
>
>>I just started the mower and it runs on and off with a lot of smoke.
>>I did drain off the mower engine oil last winter and refilled that with
>>5w30 after checking up with this newsgroup.
>>My guess is that I put in some gas that has been around over 6 months.
>>What other option do I have?
>>The mower has been in use only for 3 years.

>
>
> White smoke? White? On an air-cooled engine?


Oil. Been there, done that. THICK white smoke that practically looks
liquid. Mosquitoes hated it. :-)

Assuming its not over filled with oil (check that first) I'll bet you
tipped the mower on its side to change the oil. I'll bet the oil
breather filled with oil, and the breather is connected to the air inlet
for emissions control.


Fire it up, let it run for a while, and I'll bet the smoke clears up in
a few minutes..

[email protected] May 10th 06 05:36 PM

mower white smoke
 
white smoke, if it is truly white, is caused by *water* - so say the
experts.

as long as the engine runs normally, I'd use it, chances are the source
for the water will be eliminated through use.

>mho
>vƒe


>D r i v e / E a t *L e s s - $ a v e *M o n e y



Oleg Lego May 11th 06 06:30 AM

mower white smoke
 
The entity posted thusly:

>white smoke, if it is truly white, is caused by *water* - so say the
>experts.


Don't think so. Water causes water vapour. It looks entirely different
than smoke, though I guess there's an outside chance that someone
could mistake it for smoke.

White smoke, or at least 'quite white' has poured out of my rear-tine
cultivator when a friend filled the tank from a jerry can meant for my
chain saw.



Kevin May 11th 06 11:04 AM

mower white smoke
 

"Oleg Lego" > wrote in message
...
> The entity posted thusly:
>
> >white smoke, if it is truly white, is caused by *water* - so say the
> >experts.

>
> Don't think so. Water causes water vapour. It looks entirely different
> than smoke, though I guess there's an outside chance that someone
> could mistake it for smoke.
>
> White smoke, or at least 'quite white' has poured out of my rear-tine
> cultivator when a friend filled the tank from a jerry can meant for my
> chain saw.
>
>


When diagnosing automobile exhaust smoke, technicians usually refer to the
vapor from water condensation as white smoke. Oil burning produces a blue
gray smoke that might be mistakenly called white smoke until you see the
difference. Black smoke is due to excessively rich fuel mixture. Lawn
mowers and other air cooled engines cannot produce the so called white smoke
caused by water vapor because there is no coolant to leak into the
combustion chamber and the muffler is too hot to allow water vapor
condensation. Any "white" or blue gray smoke from the exhaust on an air
cooled engine is from burning oil.


--
Kevin Mouton
Automotive Technology Instructor
"If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy"
Red Green





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