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    1996 -John Deere F525 - Kawasaki 17 HP gas engine- Puts out periodic puffs of blue smoke ?

    I Just remembered that when I bought this, the guy told me that he just did a oil change/ filter change . I checked the oil gauge and it was slightly above full. I was reading some info online, that if to much oil had been put in this engine, it can cause the oil to bubble up and feed into the...
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    1996 -John Deere F525 - Kawasaki 17 HP gas engine- Puts out periodic puffs of blue smoke ?

    Im gonna go ahead and order a new breather reed valve assembly { $30} and install it and see if that stops the oil coming thru the vent tube into the carberator assembly. I only paid $600 for this mower and it really does run good and cut well , so maybe the reed valve will fix the infrequent...
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    1996 -John Deere F525 - Kawasaki 17 HP gas engine- Puts out periodic puffs of blue smoke ?

    Could this breather reed valve on the left side { labeled C} , be the reason why oil is getting into carb ? It supposed to be .040-.080" gap , but maybe if it is worn out and the gap is to large, its letting oil thru and needs to be replaced ?
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    1996 -John Deere F525 - Kawasaki 17 HP gas engine- Puts out periodic puffs of blue smoke ?

    Looks like you were 100% correct. I had a small amount of motor oil sitting at the bottom of the aluminum housing , right where it enters into the carberator. I can go ahead and drill a small hole in the bottom of the aluminum housing, to allow the small amout of oil that collects there every...
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    1996 -John Deere F525 - Kawasaki 17 HP gas engine- Puts out periodic puffs of blue smoke ?

    I will see if this is my problem. If I wanted to drill a small hole into the bottom of the intake horn , is that area to be drilled made of plastic or aluminum ?
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    1996 -John Deere F525 - Kawasaki 17 HP gas engine- Puts out periodic puffs of blue smoke ?

    Put the new valve seals on, adjusted both valves to .006" ... mower ran for about 40 minutes without any puffs of blue smoke...and then all of a sudden the blue smoke happened. so its not the valve seals. I spoke to a John Deere technician and he told me, that if it is periodic blue smoke ...
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    1996 -John Deere F525 - Kawasaki 17 HP gas engine- Puts out periodic puffs of blue smoke ?

    My 2 valve seals came in today. I will put them on tommorrow and see if it stops the periodic thick blue smoke issue. They were only $15 so if that dont fix the issue, im not out alot of money.
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    1996 -John Deere F525 - Kawasaki 17 HP gas engine- Puts out periodic puffs of blue smoke ?

    Understood. Im just surprised that you have over 16,000 posts on this 1 forum and never knew that " Ty" was abbreviation for thank you. ...but at least im glad to know I was able to provide you with some information you were not aware of.
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    1996 -John Deere F525 - Kawasaki 17 HP gas engine- Puts out periodic puffs of blue smoke ?

    Ty is a abbreviation for thank you. Surpirsed you did not know that. In other words, I try to be courteous to people who are willing to answer questions.
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    1996 -John Deere F525 - Kawasaki 17 HP gas engine- Puts out periodic puffs of blue smoke ?

    Ty...I thought you had said it goes into the carb intake in your 1st post. That why I asked.
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    1996 -John Deere F525 - Kawasaki 17 HP gas engine- Puts out periodic puffs of blue smoke ?

    Ty...I pulled the valve seals off..and they seemed tight on the valves, but there was some oil inside the valve housing...so that should indicate a valve seal issue ? Can you give me a photo of where the crankcase breather pipe goes into the carb intake and the location of where I could drill...
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    1996 -John Deere F525 - Kawasaki 17 HP gas engine- Puts out periodic puffs of blue smoke ?

    I just bought this mower last week for $600. It has 880 hrs on it. It starts up easy , idles great { even at the lowest idle setting} but about every 15 minutes it puts out a huge puff of blue smoke....but it does not do this when it is initially started. Would this definitely be a symptom...
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    Look at this old T5 from the mid 1970s, I just purchased... I have a quick question

    Here is the BALDWIN BT111 mounted on my machine...I would say it is about 2x taller then a normal car oil filter... It does not have any writing / markings on it that indicates if it is a oil filter or hydraulic filter.
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    Look at this old T5 from the mid 1970s, I just purchased... I have a quick question

    The PH8A seems to be labeled as only a oil filter and not a dual oil/hydraulic filter. I would guess that using the incorrect filter { even if it threads on properly} is not wise due to GPM fluid ability/capacity, micron filtering sizes along with bypass ability if the filter became clogged...
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    terramite 3-15

    Does this canister that is attached to the hydro pump have some type of screen filter inside it that needs to be periodically cleaned/replaced ? It looks like there is about 6-8 bolts on the front side of it that hold the housing to the face of the transmission ?
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    Look at this old T5 from the mid 1970s, I just purchased... I have a quick question

    Does this canister that is attached to the hydro pump have some type of screen filter inside it that needs to be periodically cleaned/replaced ? It looks like there is about 6-8 bolts on the front side of it that hold the housing to the face of the transmission ? .
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    Look at this old T5 from the mid 1970s, I just purchased... I have a quick question

    Bought this 1 week ago from a guy in Texas. Gave him $5100 cash. It is a old Terramite...I think they were called a T3 or T4 Lamborghini ? I had to replace the seals in every cylinder. The seal were so old and worn out that every cylinder would quickly creep down and the seals in the...
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