You guys are fantastic! Thanks a lot.
I put in Trufuel just to make sure. Same thing - still smoked when revved. So I left it running - after 15 mins same thing. About 30 mins - completely clear smoke.
Thanks again.
It's not clearing up on its own and gas was fresh from the pump (ethanol free). It's not a lot of white-ish smoke but certainly noticeable and enough to show that something is not right.
another thing - it doesn't really smoke much or hardly any when idling. Smoke becomes apparent when I rev it. This was not the case last year or before. There is also some oil-like residue around the muffler. See attached pic.
Yes that's the plan now. I am not sure from where the water will come though. For trimmer, I used fresh ethanol free gas mixed with oil in correct ratio (for lawn mower above I used the gas from fall although it had gas stabilizer in it). Last fall when I was done with the trimmer I ran it until...
Thanks everyone. After reading your replies and went back thinking it had to be something really silly that i did. And that turned out to be the case. After putting in a new spark plug, new gas and everything it turned out to be blade!! It wasn't tight enough. All good now. Thanks again. Now i...
Hi all,
It's my first post and I need some help. This is a Poulan lawnmower with GCV160 Honda engine. It was working perfectly last summer when I ran it until all the gas in tank was consumed. I always change engine oil at the beginning and did that yesterday as well as sharpen the mower blade...