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 |
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~ |
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mower white smoke
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>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." |
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.. |
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 |
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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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