CHAMPION R484P Lawnmower

[PACH1]

I have the above lawn mower that I bought about 3 years ago. I had no problems with so far until yesterday after starting it up it started blowing out a lot of smoke from the exhaust and I also noticed droplets of oil coming out from the exhaust area.
Any ideas what the problem could be?

 

[Nick98]

Hi - Have you turned it on its side at all? If you have then it is just some oil that has run into the carb. With a bit of use (half hour or so) it will clear itself and be fine.

Cheers

Nick

 

[merlin50]

if it keeps doing it, it could be the head gasket

 

[Burnerman]

If you want to inspect the underside of your mower, tip it back towards the handles only.
Tipping it on its side gives this oil issue, as Nick says - it also usually floods the air cleaner element which is a complete bore if its a paper one, as it can't be cleaned!
John