Posted by Fritz Maurer on November 21, 2011 at 21:00:45 from (216.137.136.168):
In Reply to: Tecumseh motor posted by Aaron in IL on November 21, 2011 at 20:14:26:
Not knowing how antiquated your iron is, I will assume the worst. Oil-bath air cleaner overfilled or dirty? Other than that, there's not much else to it.It just sounds tired. Right now, if it's not smoking all the time, only when it gets hot, you might be right on the edge of the wear cycle to where you can just get away with a set of rings. When they get really bad, they start slobbering oil out the breather,due to excessive blow-by. At this point, you really ought to bore it if you want to do a nice job. If you have a breather tube hooked to the carb, the oil might be getting in that way. But, here again, the reason the oil is getting that far is because it can't drain out of the valve chamber fast enough, due to the blow-by. Fritz
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