Calling All Motor Heads or Small Engine Gurus (lawnmower question)

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(05-28-2015, 06:59 PM)Steeler Eater Wrote: Nice, so I am going to guess I am S.O.L. on this one. 

Nah.....so long as the piston ring is still good, you should be fine.  You can take a torch and burn the oil off the old plug and use it to burn the residual oil out of the cylinder and then replace the plug.....or get you a couple of new plugs and use one till the oil burns off and then replace it.  Once it stops sputtering and smoking, your cylinder is clear.

This is just speculation based on your description, fwiw.  Without tinkering myself, I can't be sure.  I don't mess with small engines much, but I do my own mechanic work on my own vehicles.....including an engine swap.