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Bienvenue wrote:

Why it started and stopped after a few minutes?

I replaced a lot of things and it still not functioning, new blade, new
spark plug, new air filter, new oil, new gasoline.

This is a Sear's Craftman Self-propelled machine, bout 3-4 years ago.
It was running really well, just dies this week. Lots of smoke coming
out, something is wrong with it. Before I didn't see this much smokes
like oil is not being burn completely.

Thanks for your suggestion.



Did you replace those things before or after it stopped?
When you replaced the blade did you tip it over or on it's side? You
should always tip the machine so the spark plug is up.
Will it run at all now?

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Art


Thanks folks for your reply.

My machine never complained about being tipped over. My lawn is not
quite leveled, it never complained for 4 years.

4 months ago, I replaced a lot of things, things was working so well.
Last two weeks after using it, I released the handle to stop the engine,
I saw a lot of white smoke came off, I thought nothing big to be
concerned about. Two weeks later, I tried using it and it never continues
to run, it starts and runs only a few seconds, with lots of white smoke
then it stopped by itself.

It does look like there is oil in the combustion chamber, because when I
removed the spark plug to check what's going on, I saw oil filled the tip
of the spark plug.

Why the flood of motor oil happened now and not 3-4 months ago ?

It beats me concerning the timing of this incident. It makes no sense.


It is either over filled with oil or you tipped it in such a way that oil
ran into the intake and filled the air filter.

Remove the air filter and run it until the smoke clears up. Then either
clean or replace the air filter.

I'll say it once again - You should always tip the machine so the spark
plug is up. - If you don't want to follow good advice that is you choice.

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Art


Hey Art,
Thank you for your concern. It's not that I didn't want to take your
advice, all advices you suggested had been tried, I run the machine without
the air filter and yet it still stopped after a 4-5 seconds.

You should always tip the machine so the spark plug is up.
Yes, I tried it, and I still had the machine up in this position right now.

Someone mentionned about the carburator being filled with oil? I thought
that might be the problem too but I won't know how to access this area. I
am about to send it to a specialist.

-Cam