Re: DS excessive oil consumption
Just to ask, is your cart lifted? If so, then "full" on the dipstick is actually overfilled due to the angle of the engine in a lifted cart, and can cause it to smoke until it can burn off the excess down to normal levels. Can you quantify the amount of oil it's consuming? a half quart every couple days? a quart?
A little oil makes a LOT of smoke. If it were consuming the amount of oil I'm visualizing by your post, the thing would be smoking like a train and filling the yard with smoke. Not just a little puff when you first start. You couldn't miss it. I've had carts with worn rings that smoked like a train, and still would only use a half quart or so every few weeks. Depending on how much oil it's consuming, you may have more of a problem with a leak than an issue with it burning the oil. Dipstick fill tube o-rings care common to leak. You may not notice the leak if you park over gravel, in a barn, lean-to, etc. And the engine cradle can hold quite a bit of oil before it ends up on the ground, especially if the "drain" holes are clogged with mud and gunk.
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