PTmowerMech
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It spits out a puff of smoke on start up. Runs fine with almost no smoking when it's running. But when I kill it, another bigger puff of smoke comes out. I know it's got a bad head gasket. I can see quite a bit coming out the fill tube after running it for a few minutes.
My question is, is the head gasket causing the puff of smokes? Or could it be something else. I'm getting good compression. 120lb or so.
The ole plug, before i pulled the head was coated thick with black burnt oil.
Just waiting on the new head gasket. But wanted to check to see if the smoke puffs could be something more severe (like bad rings) before I went to far with this engine.
My question is, is the head gasket causing the puff of smokes? Or could it be something else. I'm getting good compression. 120lb or so.
The ole plug, before i pulled the head was coated thick with black burnt oil.
Just waiting on the new head gasket. But wanted to check to see if the smoke puffs could be something more severe (like bad rings) before I went to far with this engine.