White smoke and spitting oil?
I shouldn't be allowed to operate power tools anymore, but whatever... I was mowing my yard when I hit a piece of hidden wood. A piece of wood jammed against the side of the lawnmower and the blade, which required me to flip it on its side and dislodge the chunk of wood. After I removed the wood, I put the mower back into its right position and took a break (It's hot out..). After my 45-minute break, I went to start it to finish cutting and it was belching out white smoke, and leaking and spitting oil out of the muffler. My father and I took a look at it finding nothing, but I took off the air filter cover and there was also an oily residue in there, more than normal. What could be wrong with it?
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oh, the engine is a Briggs and Stratton
by Skippy722
I had a whole tank of gas drain out of my timemaster while sitting in the garage for 2 days. I added gas and it barely started, then cut off after 20 seconds. It started a few other times for a short period, then blew out white smoke and drips of oil from the exhaust. What could be the problem here?
by Justin
I have a craftsman Lt 1000 with a 16.5 hp briggs and stratton engine. I adjusted the valves and now the engine is smoking (white smoke) and blowing a little oil out of the exhaust.
by Jeffery Kirby
Carburetor shut off not working. Drain the oil, pull the spark plug and let the gas evaporate. Put an inline shutoff on the gas line
by Steve
I bought used craftsman LT 1000. Fixed carb and adjusted valves adjust ignition coil but when inStarted it , it started to smoke blueish and whitish smoke out of exhast burning oil. I thought valve seals but i opened air cleaner cover and saw oil in the air duct housing of carb i started again and saw that oil is being pushed out of pvc breather , crankcase breather . Its just at the top of carb under the flywheel housing. The pressure its spraying with is like a high pressure tap . I pulled off the rubber pipe from both sides carb and engine side and see oul layong in that long path. What causes that and what is a the quick or proper fix for it. If i routed that cranckcase breather pipe back to shoot back in engine oil housing oil pan side from dipstick or from oul drain plug side Will that cause some major problems? Also is it normal for the engine to blow outwards the oil if dipstic is pulled from the engine? I never had riding mower before never worked on them but i was an auto mechanic.
by techtouch
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