sean'sengines
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Well, I picked up a 1995 Murray Hydro/Auto lawn tractor with a 42" deck and a 14.5hp Briggs OHV engine for $75!!!! The guy I bought it from said that it had been quoted to him $200-300 for a carb rebuild on it.
Well I knew that was bull, so I bought it and put $7 worth of parts into it. It runs awesome now. Except when you full throttle it very quickly. If you do that, it belts smoke out the exhaust pipe. I changed the oil in it, and the smoke isn't blue. It isn't burning any oil. The smoke is gray/black. Almost like diesel smoke. So is it just carbon burning off the head or is it something else I should be worried about? It won't do it if you raise the engine speed gradually. And it doesn't bog down when your mowing. It runs just fine. It did sit in the guys shed for about 3-4 years after it didn't run well due to carb issues (which I fixed.)
Well I knew that was bull, so I bought it and put $7 worth of parts into it. It runs awesome now. Except when you full throttle it very quickly. If you do that, it belts smoke out the exhaust pipe. I changed the oil in it, and the smoke isn't blue. It isn't burning any oil. The smoke is gray/black. Almost like diesel smoke. So is it just carbon burning off the head or is it something else I should be worried about? It won't do it if you raise the engine speed gradually. And it doesn't bog down when your mowing. It runs just fine. It did sit in the guys shed for about 3-4 years after it didn't run well due to carb issues (which I fixed.)