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I used the recommended oil (20W50). My thought is that the old style float needle was letting excessive fuel into the engine at some point while it was sitting up or could have been when the engine was shut down and caused the pool of fuel in the intake. May have been enough fuel to mix with...

Kind of what I would have thought that would happen, but it was blue, and magically it does not smoke anymore just from changing the float needle.

That is the part number I replaced with. Looked like it was solid, did not know they coated rubber with silver substance.

This is just to inform about a Kawasaki engine problem I fixed to help others. I bought a Gravely 52hd back in 2013, had the Kawasaki FR691V and smoked from day one at startup. Took it back to the dealer under warranty at the time, and they could not find a issue with it said I would have to...