rosscopeeko
Joined: Mar 18, 2006
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honda hr215 smoked baddly on first startup of the year
Original Message Apr 18, 2007 1:48 am |
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Hi guys. I bought my first mower last year and got some good advice from you guys on it last year. My mower ran well all last year and before i put it away for winter i changed the oil. I ran Chevron Delo 15w40 in it all summer and then changed it out to Mobil 1 10w30 before storage. I get some fresh fuel and pull it out for it's first use. I never started it after the oil change last fall. It starts after quite a few pulls and starts smoking heavily. It's burning oil while i let it warm up and continued to do so. I start mowing after about a minute and it's still really smoking. I began to worry the the rings were worn and that it was burning oil because of the thinner oil. Well, after about 5 minutes of mowing it clears right up and stops smoking. Do you think i could have overfilled the crank case with oil and it just burnt off the excess? or do you think the engine had to warm up fully to seal off the piston rings? The mower runs well and seems to have good power. It's a 91 honda hr215hx . Any ideas?
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