The oil is coming from the crankcase vent hose (which is connected to the air filter base assembly).
It's caused by
piston ring blow by (worn rings allowing compression to pass to the
crankcase).
No smoke as it isn't burning any, it's just pushing
compression into the crankcase.
It's really not worth fixing and when it gets to a point the filter is clogged, I'd remove the filter.
That, or, disconnect the hose and let vent to the atmosphere- the filter won't see any oil blow by.
Being a PW, not a mower, it really isn't kicking up debris so not as critical as a mower engine.
You can get many more years out of the unit, but check/fill the oil often as it will be "using oil"..
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post edited by SRTsFZ6 - 2022/04/03 08:07:38