Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[Sawyer Rob]

I was staring at that cherry bomb muffler pretty much all day today,

that is, until I blew a fuel return line!

SR

 

[svk]

Hey guys

Got this like new mower for free, but it smokes excessively especially when running side hill. When you pull the oil cap, smoke comes out of there too. Could that be a blown head gasket?

 

[sean donato]

Hey guys

Got this like new mower for free, but it smokes excessively especially when running side hill. When you pull the oil cap, smoke comes out of there too. Could that be a blown head gasket?

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Possible, but doubtful. More like the oil rings are shot or the crank case breather is screwed up. Possibly just thinned out oil from fuel.
Leak down test to check the cylinder/ rings. Ccv just disconnect it from the air box and see if it's spewing oil out the hose. Thinned down oil typically stinks like gas.

 

[bob kern]

Possible, but doubtful. More like the oil rings are shot or the crank case breather is screwed up. Possibly just thinned out oil from fuel.
Leak down test to check the cylinder/ rings. Ccv just disconnect it from the air box and see if it's spewing oil out the hose. Thinned down oil typically stinks like gas.

Overfull??

 

[Brufab]

They should call pin oak divorce oak if I bring any more of that stinky stuff home the wife's gonna kill me I did manage to get another couple face cords relocated to my wood pile today

 

[Brufab]

Relocation proof

 

[djg james]

Hey guys

Got this like new mower for free, but it smokes excessively especially when running side hill. When you pull the oil cap, smoke comes out of there too. Could that be a blown head gasket?

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Mine smokes all the time. Leak oil out of the mufflers. Just assume it's bad rings. Just put more oil in and keep mowing.

 

[Brufab]

Mine smokes all the time. Leak oil out of the mufflers. Just assume it's bad rings. Just put more oil in and keep mowing.

It's a Briggs if it has oil it will run mine even sometimes gets some red armor ran through it

 

[JimR]

I sure wish I could come up with something like that for the shop. I'd really like to have something other then just wood to keep some sort of heat in it over winter when I'm not out there. I have an omni sun and whatever generic kero heaters, but something like what you have looks like it would be great for supplemental heat.

I have been using this brand of heater since 1992 in my garage. It is a two story 26 x 30 building that is fully insulated and finished off. In the dead of Winter it uses less than 3 gallons a day at 60 degrees. Toyo makes a similar style heater. I use low Sulphur diesel for fuel. It works just fine so far. I switched to diesel fuel over 10 years ago.

 

[svk]

Overfull??

Not overfull, I checked that first thing.

 

[svk]

Mine smokes all the time. Leak oil out of the mufflers. Just assume it's bad rings. Just put more oil in and keep mowing.

People are going to call the fire department if I run this one. It’s smokes like there’s a house on fire lol.

 

[bob kern]

Not overfull, I checked that first thing.

I figured but I know how I am sometimes. Lol
Was hoping I hadn't rubbed off on ya!
Valves?

 

[Lee192233]

People are going to call the fire department if I run this one. It’s smokes like there’s a house on fire lol.

Definitely sounds like the rings are worn. Probably was run out of oil a few times and got worse every time.

 

[svk]

I drained the oil. It looked pretty thin but didn’t smell gassy. The filter was insanely tight, so I ended up crushing it getting it off it off so I’ll get a new one tomorrow. May as well start with the easiest things first.

The crazy thing is the mower is literally like new. Worst case rebuild it or slap a new motor in there.

 

[svk]

I had repaired a lawnmower many years back that had been run with too much oil. The exhaust valve were completely caked with the oil. Ground the valve and re-cut the seat and it was perfect for years.

 

[JimR]

But kerosene? I don't know how efficient those heaters are, but kerosene is $5-$6/gal around here.

These heaters are super efficient.

 

[JimR]

At this point you'd be hard pressed to find any fuel/oil supplier that uses anything other then ulsd for heating, off or on road diesel. Sulfur content was really the only thing separating them to begin with, heating oil traditionally was 4k ppm sulfur content same as off road diesel. With the advent of interim tier 4 and tier 4 engines, pretty much everyone was forced to switch to ulsd. We had loads of wrong fuel issues with generators and off road engines, everywhere till the fuel suppliers got their act together. Basically came down to being easier for the suppliers to stock ulsd for all uses vs finding out if it's going to be used in an engine or for heating, and depending on the customer not to use heating oil in their tractor, truck, etc.
Only difference at this point is if it has die or not, or if it's taxed or not.
There was some legislation pertaining to heating oil back around 2012, possibly as late as 2015 for sulfur levels, but I never followed along to see if it ever took effect or came to more then north estern usa.

Our heating oil up in New England is ultra low sulphur diesel.

 

[SS396driver]

Our heating oil up in New England is ultra low sulphur diesel.

It’s all dyed diesel . Change over was done years ago here.

 

[sean donato]

I have been using this brand of heater since 1992 in my garage. It is a two story 26 x 30 building that is fully insulated and finished off. In the dead of Winter it uses less than 3 gallons a day at 60 degrees. Toyo makes a similar style heater. I use low Sulphur diesel for fuel. It works just fine so far. I switched to diesel fuel over 10 years ago.

Nice! I'll be looking them up, just need something I don't have to babysit and keep the shop above freezing when I'm not out there.

 

[JimR]

Nice! I'll be looking them up, just need something I don't have to babysit and keep the shop above freezing when I'm not out there.

You can usually find these for a couple hundred dollars. Mine has it's own internal tank. You can set the unit to come on and shut off with the keypad settings. You can also hook these up to a larger fuel storage tank. Here is the one I just finished rebuilding. The owner never pulled off the plastic from the key pad. I only paid $200 for it and spent another $100 fixing it.