My son just called and said his lawn mower is smoking badly. I'm
positive he over-filled the crankcase with oil since he claimed he put
in an entire quart. My experience is that most mower take far less
than that but he said he couldn't see it so he kept adding. He's going

to try to drain about half of what he put in and then see what happens.

My question is, if he did overfill it, what damage did he possible due
to the engine?

Yea, those dammed 4 year old John Deere tractor sucks!
Buy a Craftsman at 1/3 price..Buy a new one every 10 years. Get 30 years
out of money for a Deere

Just luv it!


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My son just called and said his lawn mower is smoking badly. I'm
positive he over-filled the crankcase with oil since he claimed he put
in an entire quart. My experience is that most mower take far less
than that but he said he couldn't see it so he kept adding. He's going

to try to drain about half of what he put in and then see what happens.

My question is, if he did overfill it, what damage did he possible due
to the engine?

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My son just called and said his lawn mower is smoking badly. I'm
positive he over-filled the crankcase with oil since he claimed he put
in an entire quart. My experience is that most mower take far less
than that but he said he couldn't see it so he kept adding. He's going

to try to drain about half of what he put in and then see what happens.

My question is, if he did overfill it, what damage did he possible due
to the engine?


I've never seen a mower that didn't have either a dipstick or and overflow
to control the level. But most take at least 3/4 of a quart which is not
exactly "far less than ...". I always see warnings not to overfill but the
few times I've experienced it no permanent damage resulted. My Jeep dealer
regularly overfilled our Cherokee every time they changed the oil. And
once a dealer overfilled my Mazda Navaho but I caught that before I left and
made them drain a quart out.

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My son just called and said his lawn mower is smoking badly. I'm
positive he over-filled the crankcase with oil since he claimed he put
in an entire quart. My experience is that most mower take far less
than that but he said he couldn't see it so he kept adding. He's going

to try to drain about half of what he put in and then see what happens.

My question is, if he did overfill it, what damage did he possible due
to the engine?

Possible blown seals

"Srgnt Billko" wrote:
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My son just called and said his lawn mower is smoking badly. I'm
positive he over-filled the crankcase with oil since he claimed he put
in an entire quart. My experience is that most mower take far less
than that but he said he couldn't see it so he kept adding. He's going

to try to drain about half of what he put in and then see what happens.

My question is, if he did overfill it, what damage did he possible due
to the engine?


I've never seen a mower that didn't have either a dipstick or and
overflow to control the level. But most take at least 3/4 of a quart
which is not exactly "far less than ...". I always see warnings not to
overfill but the few times I've experienced it no permanent damage
resulted. My Jeep dealer regularly overfilled our Cherokee every time
they changed the oil. And once a dealer overfilled my Mazda Navaho but
I caught that before I left and made them drain a quart out.

I've seen over-fill foul out the spark plug on a mower..makes it smoke real
bad until you drain off the excess, no biggie.

"puddles" wrote


Possible blown seals

I'll bet that put a smile on those seals.

"Aaron Sells" wrote in message
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"puddles" wrote


Possible blown seals

I'll bet that put a smile on those seals.

I prefer to club the seals.

"Aaron Sells" wrote:
"puddles" wrote

Possible blown seals

I'll bet that put a smile on those seals.

Who waz it, kip that said "leave my private life out of it"? :P

you didnt say what engine you have, but if its a push mower he may have
soaked the air filter with oil, i d check that. lucas