Club Cadet sending smoke signals
since the last repair the mower has been working stellar. In that case the tension pulley had partially seized up so the blades were not engaging. Now do so with a racket and authority and cutting great very well.
new issue showed up some smoking. Then a bit more, yesterday too much to be comfortable. Motor sounds excellent still so took the front cowl off and can see its an oil leak directly onto the exhaust. Hmm
I can see a cover that says DOHC and likely oil is coming from the bottom of that. There is a large front protective bar and also a protection plate behind that, going to take all that off.
Is there a gasket under that cover and if so do bolts loosen up over time or gasket fails? I will find out pretty soon as I take it apart and look at the manual as well. Otherwise its been working great.
thanks,