Echo Lm2119sp oil in carburetor

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toneybrown07

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So, my neighbor who owns his own lawn care business put this mower out on the street. My old push mower has holes rotting in the deck so I pushed it to my backyard. I checked gas, had some so I fired it up. Started first pull, but smoked like crazy and seemed to run at very high rpm. Again, new to this mower so maybe that is normal? Let it run for a while to see if it cleared up but didn't, and would occasionally bog slightly then run what seemed like normal. After shutting it down I checked the oil. If I put the dipstick in without twisting it read normal. If I twisted it it showed over full. So I thought too much oil. I pulled the carb, cleaned with carb cleaner no oil left. Pumped some oil out, now when twisted it shows in the normal. Started back up and smoke was less but not nothing, never bogged but after running for a bit I removed the filter and saw more oil in the carb intake. Seems like oil is coming out of the tube connected to the side of the carb. Not sure what that tube is exactly but it runs into the side of the engine.

So, after all that, what is going on? Is this thing salvageable? Should I just use it and let it smoke and top off oil? The high rpm thing has me curious, but I only dabble in small engine repair. Help?????

This is the nicest mower I've ever owned, even if it smokes!!!!
 
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Ok, new info. I went out and clamped the hose running form the case to the carb so no oil could get to the carb. Started it up and mowed a small section of my front yard. It ran good with basically no smoke. Killed it, pushed it back to the back yard and tried to fire it back up. The pull rope would not pull, had to tip it up and spin the blade to free it up. I could then pull the pull rope, but it would not fire back up. The rope seemed to have more resistance. Didn't try to fire at all. Maybe lost spark? I'm not going to mess with it anymore until tomorrow. I'll pull the plug and check for spark. I really want this thing to work!
 
toneybrown07 said:
Ok, new info. I went out and clamped the hose running form the case to the carb so no oil could get to the carb. Started it up and mowed a small section of my front yard. It ran good with basically no smoke. Killed it, pushed it back to the back yard and tried to fire it back up. The pull rope would not pull, had to tip it up and spin the blade to free it up. I could then pull the pull rope, but it would not fire back up. The rope seemed to have more resistance. Didn't try to fire at all. Maybe lost spark? I'm not going to mess with it anymore until tomorrow. I'll pull the plug and check for spark. I really want this thing to work!
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The line coming out of the engine block, into the carburetor is the breather. It is spitting out oil because the engine is worn out and probably on its last legs. Run it until it dies.
 
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