Thanks for all the replies, it runs fine except for the smoke. The blades,
pullies and belts are all ok. The tractor ran fine for several days before I
jacked it up so I know its something I did. I had a mechanic tell me that I
might want to use a higher viscosity oil to see it that may help ast all(
long shot) so today I changed the oil from 30wt to 50wt. I let it run
another hour and still smokes. I filled the oil level to just below full.
Any suggestions if the additives will work?
Thanks
John


"John Lawrence" wrote in message
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A very common problem. Most likely base oil ran out through the crank base
vent. If you can get it started, that's good. Top up the engine oil, start
it and let it run until the oil is burned off. Smoke should stop then. It
may require cleaning the plug a number of times. next time don't hoist it
up as high. lol
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I was given an old Craftsman riding mover. It needed new blades and not
knowing how to take the deck off I jacked up the front end as high as I
could. It sat overnight. The next morning I started it up and it started
to smoke a little(white smoke from the muffler) as soon as I put it in
drive it started smoking like it was on fire. I checked the plug, it was
completely fouled up, I checked the air filter compartment and there was a
fair amount of oil at the bottom. I changed both of them and started it
again, still smoked heavily. Turned it off and had to clean the plug to
get it to start again. I let it idle for over an hour, then put it on full
throtle - still smoked. Did I screw up the engine? I was thinking of
trying a engine addative and see if that thickens up the oil incase I
busted a seal. I could really use some help here. Its really not worth
taking to a mechanic for any type of major engine work.
Thanks
John