Geo-TH,In
Well-known Member
I was climbing a steep hill with terramite and suddenly white smoke came out the exhaust of 20 hp honda. I instantly shut off the engine. First thought was a hydraulic hose broke. Then I was thinking a burnt a hole in piston or something came loose inside the motor.
I let it cool off for a few minutes. It fired up, no noise, good compression. no missing, no smoke.
I slowly drove to the pole barn and changed the oil and filter. This time I used 10w30 conventional oil. After the 500 is over I'll see if my problem was 5w30 Full synthetic oil breaking down. Only had 70 hours on the oil. It was dark oil and very thin. Engine oil was normal on dipstick.
I took the air hose to engine to cooling fins. There was nothing blocking the air.
I hoping my problem was oil failure.
I've never had this happen before, have you?
I let it cool off for a few minutes. It fired up, no noise, good compression. no missing, no smoke.
I slowly drove to the pole barn and changed the oil and filter. This time I used 10w30 conventional oil. After the 500 is over I'll see if my problem was 5w30 Full synthetic oil breaking down. Only had 70 hours on the oil. It was dark oil and very thin. Engine oil was normal on dipstick.
I took the air hose to engine to cooling fins. There was nothing blocking the air.
I hoping my problem was oil failure.
I've never had this happen before, have you?