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Again, mower starts easy and runs smooth. No oil use. No exhaust smoke. The mower originally did require two or three pulls to start before I added a new air filter and a clean plug. But ... The son apparently tipped the mower on the air filter side, as the filter looked oily and dusty...

Model number is reconfirmed to be HRX217K6VKAA BH. Serial MAMA 1381292.

To answer you response: the color is very dark, perhaps black. The color seems to be a colleterial solid in nature or perhaps soot like. Smells like exhaust.

I wrote support support at powerequipment.honda.com three days ago with a question. How long does support usually take to respond?

I'm unable to find a shop manual for this mower. Can someone give me a Honda Part No. for this manual. There seems to be a manual for the VKA but not he VKAA. Also, what is the difference between VKAA and VKA suffixes and any physical differences in hardware?

I got a loan of my son's mower and looked at the oil. It looked and smelled smokey. I changed the air filter, cleaned and gapped the plug. Then, I changed the oil twice after just one hour of use each time and the oil is still smokey. The mower starts easy and runs well. It does not appear...