No it's gas. My thoughts are that the oil needs to be warm to seep past the valve seals. The only confusing part about that is the fact that it is warm when I park it for the night, therefore it should smoke on start up in the mornings, but doesn't. And now that I think about it, the smoke on the 2nd start up actually doesn't start, or at least isn't noticeable, for a few seconds. Then, it will smoke for 2-3 minutes and it's gone.