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Thread: 13 hp john deere sabre mower smokes aand quits ?

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    13 hp john deere sabre mower smokes aand quits ?

    new to me, Cleaned the carb , started but smoked for a bit. went to mow and under load with the mower engaged after about 20 feet it smokes like a freight train and bog's down a quites unless I disengauge the pto for the mower .. seems like the governor is moving a lot at idle ? any idea's ?
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    Did you drain the old oil and add the correct amount and proper viscosity? If too much oil or gas leaked into crankcase it will smoke excessively

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    Check for a dirty crankcase breather.


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    Started it up today and it seemed to run and mow ok … weird .
    our original 85 we bought new, 2 - 86 police specials
    250r dust runner
    04 Yamaha kodiaK 450 snowbuster ! Brute Force 750 dust collector .
    Bunch of es stuff I been buying for next builds....
    Gone but lives on in my aching body the mighty 350x collection . A Beat 85 es im gonna rebuild

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    Quote Originally Posted by dustrunner View Post
    Started it up today and it seemed to run and mow ok … weird .
    It is weird.....you tried it again without checking anything? Good luck, anyway.


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