I have an edger and a mower which I have got back into working condition. They are both Victa 125 engines. They both produce an annoying but not terrible amount of white smoke.
I also have another edger which runs fine on the same fuel without any hint of smoke so I am confidant it is not oil or mix etc.
The mower was serviced locally and they said it is as good as it gets but I know from the other edger I have that "as good as it gets" is better than it is. No-one locally here seems all that keen on touching old engines for money, even a service and sharpen was like pulling teeth.
I don't mind getting my hands dirty and am planning on honing and new rings for both. Honing will be done by my old man who rebuilds much larger deisel engines for a living. I hope he has a hone small enough!!!!
Any advice before I start? Is rings and honing the likely solution? Given the smallish amount of smoke I am assuming that oversize pistons/rings are probably overkill.
Give in now and accept it as it is?
