white smoke and oil
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lads, my wedge shaped tasmin 350i mountfeid lawnmower has developed a problem.
I was hooning around the garden in my wedge, when it cut out.
Upon attempted restart, white thick smoke, and oil from the exhaust.
can anyone advise as to what has happened to my wedge, and wether i can fix it myself.
Mods, this is an engine 350i question and the guys on this forum know best how to advise.
Please do not move it, mistaking it for a homes and garden issue.
I find people on that forum are good for suitcase advice etc.
I was hooning around the garden in my wedge, when it cut out.
Upon attempted restart, white thick smoke, and oil from the exhaust.
can anyone advise as to what has happened to my wedge, and wether i can fix it myself.
Mods, this is an engine 350i question and the guys on this forum know best how to advise.
Please do not move it, mistaking it for a homes and garden issue.
I find people on that forum are good for suitcase advice etc.
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Solitude said:
can anyone advise ... whether i can fix it myself.
Well now that depends. Regulations say you should have eight cylinders in an engine, but I can never remember. Did you have 8, or was it only 7? I guess the question you have to ask youself is... do I feel lucky?Well do you, punk?
You will need:
Tools. The more tools the better, ideally in both Metric and Imperial designations. Contrary to popular belief, a Big Hammer does not fix all problems. If you only have an Imperial hammer, that may pose a problem when you meet a Metric widget.
Time. An abstract concept, so our lass believes I perceive it anyway. Five-minute jobs are always the longest, typically taking all weekend.
Patience. If you don't have it, you may end up at Patients.
An understanding/sympathising/tea-making wife/girlfriend/boyfriend/significant other/Filipino transvestite (think that covers it). Keep her sweet by promising at least, oh I dunno, 10 minutes of unbridled sex on the black leather sofa (the marks won't show, but the smell may take some getting out) after a bottle of Liebfraumilch.
Somewhere to work. Easy one this: wherever the car is parked, that's where you work on it
Perhaps some sort of manual/diagram/instructions for the engine. Sadly, the Big Dummmies series never did get round to the Rover V8, so you may have to resort to the bletherings of Messrs. Haynes, full of big words like camshaftsprocketpistonconrodinletvalverockershaftmanifoldgasketthingy. Look at the lovely pictures, see how the engine almost fixes itself?
A helpline number to ring in case of emergencies. Samaritans is always a useful one to remember. Failing that, I hear Busty Housewife, 42, offers a cut-price rate before 5PM.
Specialist websites. Ah now you're talking. DropinaLS6.com is a good one, as are BlowMyRover.co.uk and Polishmyturd.com. Avoid websites full of wordy ramblings and pictures nicked from other people's work.
Some mates. You know, those mates. The ones who will offer loads of advice on unrelated issues, tell you stories of how they once had a slightly-similar problem but with a completely different car and how it turned out to be the petrol station's fault for getting the hoses mixed up.
Crack on: it'll be a five-minute job for a man of your abilities
Gav, it would be helpful to know what model Mountfield it is.
This will tell us what engine you have:
You then said you dug out the wet grass that was clogging the blades.
Did you by any chance turn it upside down to do this?
If so the oil from the crankcase could easily have found it's way into the combustion chamber.
If the exhaust valve was open this oil will fill the exhaust system so when you come to re-start it will smoke like mad.
Leave the mower upright overnight, put a new plug in it, and try again.
Chances are the smoke will clear and you will be back in business.
This will tell us what engine you have:
- Mountfield's own 100cc 4 stroke OHV (this is the latest performance spec)
- Classic 35 Briggs & Stratton 4 stroke
- An old Brigs & Statton two stroke
- North Coventry Kawasaki (Very rare & identifiable by the stage 4 ported head);)
You then said you dug out the wet grass that was clogging the blades.
Did you by any chance turn it upside down to do this?
If so the oil from the crankcase could easily have found it's way into the combustion chamber.
If the exhaust valve was open this oil will fill the exhaust system so when you come to re-start it will smoke like mad.
Leave the mower upright overnight, put a new plug in it, and try again.
Chances are the smoke will clear and you will be back in business.
ChimpanLucky said:
Gav, it would be helpful to know what model Mountfield it is.
This will tell us what engine you have:
You then said you dug out the wet grass that was clogging the blades.
Did you by any chance turn it upside down to do this?
If so the oil from the crankcase could easily have found it's way into the combustion chamber.
If the exhaust valve was open this oil will fill the exhaust system so when you come to re-start it will smoke like mad.
Leave the mower upright overnight, put a new plug in it, and try again.
Chances are the smoke will clear and you will be back in business.
Dave, its a Rover V8 mountfield (shhh)This will tell us what engine you have:
- Mountfield's own 100cc 4 stroke OHV (this is the latest performance spec)
- Classic 35 Briggs & Stratton 4 stroke
- An old Brigs & Statton two stroke
- North Coventry Kawasaki (Very rare & identifiable by the stage 4 ported head);)
You then said you dug out the wet grass that was clogging the blades.
Did you by any chance turn it upside down to do this?
If so the oil from the crankcase could easily have found it's way into the combustion chamber.
If the exhaust valve was open this oil will fill the exhaust system so when you come to re-start it will smoke like mad.
Leave the mower upright overnight, put a new plug in it, and try again.
Chances are the smoke will clear and you will be back in business.
Have had my "car" the right way up since, and it started first time.
smoked for a while, then back to normal.
You are right, i turned my car upside down to clear a blockage, and the oil must have seeped (barsteward)
Thanks for all yor help with my "wedge" lads....and thanks mods for turning a blind eye to my predicament.
Wedgeing grasscutter !!
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