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Troy-Bilt Bronco rebuild

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Troy-Bilt Bronco rebuild

All right I'm rebuilding an old mower that didn't run I reran the lines cleaned out the gas tank put a new carburetor on it and it started up but it stinks really bad could it just be maybe some spilled grease on the exhaust or clean out the cobwebs or I mean but it's stunk bad and it's kind of just smoking pretty good so I don't think it's just cobwebs ideas? It's a Kohler motor color courage I do know I'm going to have to take off the valve cover and put a new seal on it because it is leaking oil pretty bad I had to do that on a old Cub Cadet I had to other than that I really can't figure out what the smoking or smell is it's can't really identify it be honest with you and good smell like grease burning but why would it smoke that bad?

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    Re: Troy-Bilt Bronco rebuild 2025/05/27 13:48:47 (permalink)
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    Pull the main cover off and make sure there's no nests now in there...  
     
    I gather what your smelling is not burning V-belts or idler pulleys?
    You may want to remove every belt from the engine and run the engine just to confirm that.
     
    An oil change wouldn't hurt.    Oil that may have leaked out over time and into the muffler
    would take time to burn off.  
     
    Do the above and let it run.  Some Seafoam in the oil and gas wouldn't hurt..
     
    A customers machine:

     
     
     

    Scott
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