hello, my first post, appreciate the help
so I go to mow my lawn after 2 months of neglecting my lawn, went into my shed to get the tractor, battery is dead. disengage the transmission, pull the tractor out to the car to jump start it. tractor starts fine. disconnect all the cables, close everything up and start to mow the law. Maybe 1 minute later the engine starts to die, I have no gas. as its stumbling I run to get the gas can, filler her up and she starts to run perfectly again. as the engine was stumbling white smoke started coming out of the exhaust, this tractor is 12 years old, I maintain this engine as I should every year, and I have never had any type of problem.
when I added gas, the engine seemed to run fine again, but maybe 10 seconds later it started to stumble again, with tons of white smoke, but she catches again and everything seems fine. 20 seconds later same thing. so I cut the engine and take a look around. I notice there is oil on the left side of the engine, near the oil drain area, but specifically where a rod or something throttle related goes into the engine. I then check the engine oil and she is low. So I go back to the shed and sure enough there is oil on the floor, which I didn't notice before because I had to pull the tractor out.
So I go back and fill her up with oil and give her another start. same cycle starts, with the stumbling and white smoke. so I shut her down before I did any more damage. should I have let it run longer after I filled her with oil?
here's a picture of where I think the oil is leaking from, can't tell if it is coming from the gasket or the shaft.
http://home.comcast.net/~walshja/simplicity.JPG
I appreciate any help and suggestions on what to look for.
thanks
joe
so I go to mow my lawn after 2 months of neglecting my lawn, went into my shed to get the tractor, battery is dead. disengage the transmission, pull the tractor out to the car to jump start it. tractor starts fine. disconnect all the cables, close everything up and start to mow the law. Maybe 1 minute later the engine starts to die, I have no gas. as its stumbling I run to get the gas can, filler her up and she starts to run perfectly again. as the engine was stumbling white smoke started coming out of the exhaust, this tractor is 12 years old, I maintain this engine as I should every year, and I have never had any type of problem.
when I added gas, the engine seemed to run fine again, but maybe 10 seconds later it started to stumble again, with tons of white smoke, but she catches again and everything seems fine. 20 seconds later same thing. so I cut the engine and take a look around. I notice there is oil on the left side of the engine, near the oil drain area, but specifically where a rod or something throttle related goes into the engine. I then check the engine oil and she is low. So I go back to the shed and sure enough there is oil on the floor, which I didn't notice before because I had to pull the tractor out.
So I go back and fill her up with oil and give her another start. same cycle starts, with the stumbling and white smoke. so I shut her down before I did any more damage. should I have let it run longer after I filled her with oil?
here's a picture of where I think the oil is leaking from, can't tell if it is coming from the gasket or the shaft.
http://home.comcast.net/~walshja/simplicity.JPG
I appreciate any help and suggestions on what to look for.
thanks
joe
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