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Mower spitting oil out of exhaust

Ogukuo
11 years ago

Ok, I'm that guy. I flipped my Husqvarna 5521CM mower (with a Honda GCV160 motor) over last week to clean out some built up clippings.

Now it won't start, and it spits oil out of the exhaust each time I pull to start it.

The air filter was dripping with oil and the spark plug was not dry either.

I've already cleaned out the air filter with gas and let it dry, and cleaned the spark plug. I gave the mower a good 20 pulls with the spark plug out. When I reassembled everything, it went right back to spitting oil out of the exhaust and not starting.

Rebuilding the carb is well beyond my skill set, and I'm rather hoping to avoid the service shop. Is there anything obvious that I'm missing?

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