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koalassquad

The other day I was leveling gravel with my wheelhorse 314-8 and I noticed a sudden loss in power and white smoke coming out of the exaust. The machine soon shut off and when I went to start it again, nothing but A healthy starter noise and the smell of gas. I let the tractor sit and today I checked the oil and it looked goldish so I smelled it. Gas in the oil. I thought it was the choke not turning off so I took the air filter off and oil in the filters covercover but choke was fine so I replaced the filter. Does anyone know what causes this or does it just need a oil and oil filter change and a carb cleaning

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rexman72

this happened to me last week and  i traced mine back to the ignition switch.Have you cleaned the carb in a while?

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koalassquad

No but mine came with a spare indak key switch when I bought it

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DougL3

Are those INDAK key switched worth a darn?  I'm having trouble with my tractor too and that is the ignition switch I have.

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