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    Help- lawn mower making knocking sound and trimmer smoking white

    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.
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    Help- lawn mower making knocking sound and trimmer smoking white

    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.
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    Help- lawn mower making knocking sound and trimmer smoking white

    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.
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    Help- lawn mower making knocking sound and trimmer smoking white

    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...
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    Help- lawn mower making knocking sound and trimmer smoking white

    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...
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    Help- lawn mower making knocking sound and trimmer smoking white

    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...
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