John deere riding mower blowing white smoke

Heavy Duty Mowers designed with. Breaking in the engine seats piston rings and burns off residual oil that may have coated. The engine will burn off the residue and the smoke should stop.

Please comment on what you think it is. We just used a service kit on it (it came with oil, fuel, and air filters, spark plugs, and quarts of oil.) Any comments are greatly. Mower tipped over is the most common reason for white smoke. Usually, the customer turns over the mower to clean the deck or unclog the chute. This allows oil to enter the cylinder, and when the mower is restarte the oil burns and turns your yard into a 70s disco.

I have it serviced every year. I went to mow the back yard last week, it started fine, but as soon as I engaged the mower deck, or put a load on it, heavy white smoke started coming out of it. As soon as I disengage the mower blades, the white smoke quits. Often times this color of smoke is caused by a blown head gasket , a worn cylinder or worn rings , or an inoperative crankcase breather, all of which will need help from a professional.

Blue or white smoke coming from your engine usually indicates burning oil, which can be caused by: Overfilling the crankcase with oil. I mowed for about an hour. When I turned the mower it had white smoke. I notice the last time I used my mower it was sputtering, but it ran better when I engaged the blades. The next time I got ready to use my mower it was blowing out white smoke with oil coming out of the exhaust and it would not stay running.

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. If I turn to level, it stops, and there is no problem going uphill. John Deere L 1with the hp Kohler engine and 2hours. I checked the oil level which is in the low part of operating range, and the grade is around degrees (less than 15).

As you may have suspecte blue smoke emanating from any part of a lawn mower does not mean a genie is about to appear and finish the mowing for you. Smoke indicates burning oil, which often means. This will cause white smoke and will quit when the engine is back on level. You engine is just wore out. If the smoke is more blue that pure white the engine may just be tired and needs to rebuilt or replaced.

Sometimes yard work is about more than just mowing. Not sure which mower is right for. Do you need to repair an existing lawn mower ? Blue smoke is an indication of oil that is burning in the combustion chamber. My daddy just passed away last week and I need to mow the lawn.

Like an idiot, I let the tractor sit long enough for the battery to run down. I bought a new battery. I had it in the dealer and he said that it was normal to puff smoke when engaging the mower deck, but I told him it was not when you engaged it, it was later when mowing.

The mower is blowing smoke After trying to run it again a few minutes ago it started leaking much more oil all over the deck. Lawn mower blowing white smoke and leaking oil why? John Cunningham is an Automotive Technician and writer on Lawnmowerfixed.