Recent content by floyd r turbo

That's a great explanation for all that smoke, thanks for the input.

Just an update on this thread - I changed oil and filter after leaving drain open and flushing with some fresh oil to hopefully remove any fuel residue in crankcase. Put in 1.6 liters of 10w-30 as specified. When I started the mower it was still blowing oil smoke. Decided to cut 3/4 of acre...

Btw, I'm hoping that dealer wasn't feeding me a line about that mower because my closest Hustler dealer doesn't seem to have a competent staff to maintain or even sell as I've been there to rent Hustlers in the past and had problems with one which I returned the following day and was not...

I bought the mower last year used from a reputable Hustler dealer who said it was owner's personal mower traded in on a larger model and he was a service manager who used dealer shop for maintenance. Oil was super clean as well as the mower. I used it end of last season. Just drained oil...

My 2012 (I believe) Z4 ran fine last year with 334 hrs and just a couple of weeks ago and then tried to start and it would run for a few seconds but blow a lot of white smoke and then die. All this smoke was more relevant for a water cooled motor with blown head gasket but not air cooled motor...

Bought a used Hustler Z4 2012 model powered by Kawasaki FH721V 25hp with 335 hours on it supposedly private owner, not used for commercial and maintained by a service manager at a car dealership by their mechanics. Got this late summer last year and used it until late October then occassionally...