call me niave, however you cant beat a B&S engine.
By the way. White smoke is steam from water, blue smoke is oil.
If you have gas in your oil it would be very hard to start if not impossible. Drain the oil and see if it is thin and smells like gas. Top off with new oil and see if it fires and runs like normal. If so you need to get her fixed before you tear up the engine.
Pull your spark plug and see if it is oily.
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