Yes, pumping out white smoke is often from oil overfill.
Might run the engine an hour, and see if the smoke clears.

The owners manual might say how much oil. You can drain it,
and fill to the proper number of ounces. Won't hurt to have
brand new oil.

Please be sure to use a good brand of oil. Air cooled
engines run hotter than cars, and they do need name brand
oil. My fav is Castrol, cause it's the only brand that
quieted the piston rod knock on my last truck.

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"bobmct" wrote in message
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Gents;

I have a Honda ES6500 generator which is/has been serving me
very well
for many years. Yesterday I was doing routing maintenance
and noticed
that the oil level was low. Therefore I filled it up to the
recommended level or maybe 'slightly' over because there is
no simple
gauge.

Now, when I start it, it billows white oil laden smoke and
there is
oil residue in the inside of the exhaust pipe.

This is WAY more than what should be experienced even for an
overfill.
From any of your experiences, other than draining out some
of the oil,
is there any other component that I could examine that may
alleviate
this problem?

I certainly understand gas engines well but not this
particular model.

Any help, recommendations greatly appreciated.


Thanks - B