New RZT 50- 25Hp Kohler engine smokes on Grades

[vaance]

I have a new RZT 50( well it was new in the spring) I have 20 hours on it. Cutting about 2 acres.
It has the Kohler 25Hp motor.
On one section of lawn about 20 yards long there is a grade where I mow parallel to the incline & sometimes when I make the turn & go a few feet the engine spits out white smoke for a second or two.
It痴 the kind of smoke that looks like its burning oil.
It only lasts a second or two but puts out quite a large cloud of smoke.
It doesn稚 do it every pass & it only takes about 4 passes to cut that area.
I usually have another 45 minutes or so of mowing to do & it never smokes after that.
I知 assuming that the oil pools to one side & gets kicked up into the cylinder for a brief period & that is then burnt off causing the smoke.
The grade is not severe & my 18HP twin MTD rider that I used previously had no white smoke issues.

I check the oil before every use & have never over filled it. I only had to add oil one time from new & that was a small amount.
I changed the oil & filter at 20 hours just because I wanted peace of mind that it had good oil & new filter.
It did the white cloud of smoke after the oil change as well.

I want to know if this is normal or not & if I need to have someone look at it( loose oil pickup?) or if it will be a problem long term?
Ideally I would just not cut this area but that is not an option as It is right next to the road & needs to be kept looking decent.
Thanks
Vince D

 

[JTKub]

The Kohler Courage 20hp on my Z-Force ZTR would do the same thing. It would belch a cloud so horrendous at times it would scare you.

It's just as you say, it's oil sloshing from the crankcase, most likely into the breather and being burned.

One way to greatly reduce these episodes is to lower the oil level so it reads closer to the "add" line. If you're full right to the "Full", you will get the clouds with these vertical shaft V-twins.

Joel