I think I over filled my mower with oil?

Question

It's leaking out of the engine and it puts out a lot of white smoke when I run it. What should I do?

Answer 1

Either tip the mower or open the oil drain to get rid of the oil. Best to drain it all and refill to the proper level. It can be tedious filling it correctly, but you now know the consequences if you don't.

Good luck with your mower.

Answer 2

There's a drain plug on the bottom of the engine, under the mower deck. Be sure to pull off the wire from the spark plug first for safety. You could also tip the mower and drain some out through the fill tube. Watch when you tip the mower. If you tip it towards the carburetor, oil will get in the filter and air can't get through. You may want to check that too, since an oily filter will cause it to try sucking oil out of the crankcase.

Answer 3

Open the oilfill and tip the mower to drain some out.

Answer 4

You should remove the excess oil, and check level, it is possible you have turned engine on side and now burning excess that has leaked into the cylinder chamber.

Answer 5

Should be a plug below the Oil fill tube, drain some out- if no plug, turn it on its side and drain from the filler.

Answer 6

you could drain it using any method you want, but you dont have to. Excess oil wont harm you mower engine.

Answer 7

tip the mower sideways and drain some of it.that will hurt the mower having to nuch oil.

Answer 8

Could be a terrorist act. More sanctions on Iraq until your lawn mower's fixed.

Answer 9

Take out some oil! Just drain some of it out---and next time DON'T overfill it!

Answer 10

use a turkey baster and suck some out

then let it run for a while and burn off the excess