Hi Guys.
I just cleaned up this tecumseh mower, all pretty standard work despite the mower being overfull with oil and having petrol in the float everything was pretty standard with repairs.
Upon testing the mower simply would not start which I though was strange as it has good spark and everything seemed pretty normal (it ran nicely with full down the plug whole and didnt smoke.
By chance I took the air filter cover off to see what was happening and tried to start it without the foam filter in place. Bang - It started first pull and runs perfectly (that is without the foam filter in place or the cap.
I think the problem is something to do with the breather system as puffs of smoke are coming out of the breather on the air filter when the mower is running.
Could the problem be to do with the mower initially being overfull with oil?
Do I need to clean the breather somehow?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I haven�t encountered this type of problem before.
Thanks
Jaffa

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