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    L3800 HST "Runaway"/over rev

    I had just changed the oil so I checked the dipstick and it was way way over full. Seemed like pretty clean oil, no diesel smell, not milky or thin. A google search had someone else with the same overfill issue. I had added the 7.5 quarts the manual said, but maybe I didn’t get it all out or...
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    L3800 HST "Runaway"/over rev

    Thanks. I just checked that this morning and there didn’t seem to be any oil in the intake. How much oil would I expect to feel or see to be an issue? I wiped inside with a white rag and while it was ever so slightly oily, there was no black residue on the rag. More oily in the way that...
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    L3800 HST "Runaway"/over rev

    Title is a little misleading, I don't think it's a true runaway condition but unsure how else to describe it. I've had this happen twice now. Mowing fairly thick grass with a Gearmore gml69 flail. A little oversized as the machine is working pretty hard. The engine temps are climbing but not...