Why so much smoke?
I purchased a Rotax 582 grey head 18 months ago with 300 hours service since rebuild.
I installed it into a powered Paratrike that I'm constructing and run it for a few minutes at a time during the construction with no problems.
The last time I started it there was thick smoke coming non stop out of the exhaust. The fuel mixture was 50- 1 and the rotary valve oil never dropped.
Could it be the crankshaft oil seals need replacing or something to do with the rotary valve?
It has good compression still and ran smoothly before this happened.
I also have a 447 that does the same thing.
I'm experienced at reconditioning 4 stroke engines but not so with Rotax 2 strokes, I'm just hoping there's a simple solution before I start pulling it all apart for no good reason.
Any suggestions please,