Is my tiller engine eating itself?

[grapehead]

Mantis 4 stroke tiller with a Honda gx25 engine. Use it maybe twice a year. Tilling the garden today it started squirting oily gook out the intake. What’s happening here?

 

[Ksand]

 

[M92PV4U]

What’s happening here?

It's squirting oily gook out the intake.

How is the oil level? I believe that it has a valve cover vent going into the intake how does it look? What about valve lash?

 

[grapehead]

I did the valve lash and fresh oil and plug last spring when I put it away for the year. Oil level is high and smells a little like fuel.

Not sure on the valve cover vent, I’ll take a look at that tomorrow.

 

[M92PV4U]

I would change out the contaminated oil and try again.

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

that is not a tiller
it is a weed eater

 

[yozsi]

I sense a HF predator in your near future....

 

[DozerDan82]

Oil level is high and smells a title like fuel.

I do done believe you found the issue... Carb/float took a shit on you. My old man had the same for his snow blower this season. At least you rinsed your bearings good

 

[AKnate]

That's what you get for trying to till a garden in the middle of winter.

 

[grapehead]

That's what you get for trying to till a garden in the middle of winter.

Lol it’s 60 and sunny here!

 

[LittleMan]

Sawmill got me last year with this crap. The cover kept the throttle cracked & filled the crank case. I quit trying to start it when it would barely turn over after confirming the battery was hot. Old oil made great fire starter. Now it gets the fuel shut off & run out if I’m using it the next day or not.

 

[WTF?]

if you wanna make a drive you can borrow a man-size tiller- the 10hp widowmaker 9000 with no safety features whatsoever that we got from the wifes grandpaw. last used to turn dirt during rona shutdowns but i start it every year or so.

 

[grapehead]

if you wanna make a drive you can borrow a man-size tiller- the 10hp widowmaker 9000 with no safety features whatsoever that we got from the wifes grandpaw. last used to turn dirt during rona shutdowns but i start it every year or so.

Ha I’ll keep that in mind for a backup plan. Got the first pass done today with it complaining at the end. Gonna mess with it tomorrow and see what I come up with.

 

[AKnate]

Lol it’s 60 and sunny here!

~6" of snow here at home in the last couple days. Been warm though, 20s and 30s. -20* at work yesterday.

 

[Ksand]

I sense a HF predator in your near future....

I put one of those on my old troybilt horse.

 

[yozsi]

I put one of those on my old troybilt horse.

Those old Kohler motors are indestructible tho

 

[Quick & Dirty]

Thread reminded me of this;

 

[Add]

that is not a tiller
it is a weed eater

This is a weed eater. Even google says so before you come back with your hillbilly "string trimmer" nonsense

 

[M92PV4U]

"string trimmer"

Line trimmer

 

[Add]

Line trimmer

Nobody calls it a line trimmer, you dult...

 

[Stingray]

Carb leaked and over filled the crank.

 

[M92PV4U]

Nobody calls it a line trimmer, you dult...

I'm not getting my lawn care lingo from a pool boy

 

[Add]

I'm not getting my lawn care lingo from a pool boy

You dont even have a lawn to care for

 

[M92PV4U]

You dont even have a lawn to care for

I have a lawn, I just don't care for it.

 

[Ksand]

Those old Kohler motors are indestructible tho

It had a Tecumseh with electric start. I couldn't find a flywheel for it

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

Line trimmer

I know a guy that calls it s weed whip
but he is from texas

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

This is a weed eater. Even google says so before you come back with your hillbilly "string trimmer" nonsense

my elderly grandma has one, it is a weedeater motor with some poky bits

 

[yozsi]

It had a Tecumseh with electric start. I couldn't find a flywheel for it

So it wasn't that old then. Lol

 

[WTF?]

This is a weed eater. Even google says so before you come back with your hillbilly "string trimmer" nonsense

So it’s more accurately a weed eater motor with a micro tiller head on it.

 

[Ksand]

So it wasn't that old then. Lol

1978 build date