"pbarts" wrote in message
om...
My one year old Craftsman mower was overfilled with oil (unbeknowst to me)
a few days ago, was started, but never got as far as cutting any grass
(lazy son, not the mower). I went out to cut the grass this afternoon and
had trouble starting it. I checked the gas then checked the oil and found
that the oil level went a couple inches up the dipstick where full is
about 1/3 inch. Apparently there was so much in it, it was spraying out
of the air filter. I drained a bunch out of it and let it set for awhile.
I tried it again, and it started momentarily, belching out a huge cloud
of white smoke. Tried one more time getting a smaller cloud of smoke
before it died.

What is my best option at this point? Does it need to be stripped down or
can I salvage it some other way? Any suggestions or recommendations would
be very appreciated.

I did that to myself on a generator one day. The oil had gotten up in the
carburetor and I had to clean it out. You may need to check the spark plug
.. I poured about a teaspoon of gas in the spark plug hole and the generator
would run for about 3 seconds and quit. That was a 10 hp motor.