Honda lawn mower blowing white smoke

The fix is simple, check the mower for oil, and let the engine idle until the smoke clears. If your lawn mower is a tractor mower , white smoke usually means too much oil, carburettor fault, or blown head gasket. You can usually correct this problem by cleaning the air filter.

Blue or white smoke means the engine is burning oil. Most of the time, the lawn mower smoke will stop on its own. It is after all a must-have if you have a garden! A lawnmower that emits white smoke probably has an engine that is burning oil. I think we filled up her lawn mower with too much oil.

While black smoke is caused by the burning of more fuel than air, blue or white smoke is generally caused by the burning of excess oil. I was surprised to see what was lacking. Honda HRR2Smokes and More - Duration: 15:09. Bruce Pender 11views.

Too much oil in the engine. What causes white smoke from a lawn mower? Should you use your lawn mower during the white smoke? Why is my mower blowing white smoke? How do I fix a smoking lawn mower?

JD LT1belched out white smoke and chocked herself out. Let stand 10min, checked oil (looked ok) started her back up and nersed her back to barn with white smoke filling the yard. Had her for years, mows 1. My Honda engine on a Toro motor suddenly started billowing white oily smelling smoke out of the muffler.

I shut it down, and let it sit for a while. I push on the primimg bulb and pull to start the engine runs for about seconds. Black smoke emitted from a lawn mower engine is typically an indication that the gasoline to air ratio is too rich.

I buy 1-mowers each year, most with BS engines, some with Kohler. What to Do When Your Lawn Mower Starts Smoking A smoking lawn mower is never a good sign. The white smoke from a lawn mower is like white smoke form a car except a cars white smoke is usually a bad head gasket and the anti freeze is going through the combustion chamber and out the exhaust. The gas in a mowers crankcase is a liquid and evaporates out its muffler like antifreeze does in a car.

Like light bulb mentioned. A lawn mower that is putting out white smoke usually indicates an engine that is burning oil. So why is your mower blowing white smoke ? Overfilling the oil or an excess of oxygen within the engine usually causes this. Now, when I start the mower it steadily shoots out thick white smoke. John Deere L 1with the hp Kohler engine and 2hours.

Have never had a problem with it always ran great, now white smoke and will not stay running, dies out the more gas i give it. Probably from the OHV seals. This season I had a quart of Valvoline MaxLife 10wsetting around.