Thanks so much. Couldn't get my Troybilt snowblower started the night before a huge storm this week and spent hours trying everything. Watched this video and went to the garage, removed the screw on the bottom of carburetor to drain gas as you instructed and put fresh premium gas in, gave it one shot of starter fluid in the carburetor and low and behold, she started right up. Thank you so much for putting this video together!! Very much appreciated!
Yup, my Cub Cadet wouldn’t start, one hour before a major New England storm. I drained the carb thanks to your video and it worked perfectly. THANKS!!!
Was trying to start my widowed neighbor’s Cub Cadet blower today (new 11 months ago) and with no luck I Googled and found this vid. I was skeptical but this worked for me too! I drained out about 4 ounces of nasty dark yellow “gas”, then stopped when the flow appeared to be fairly clear. No particles came out. Primed it and it started right up This engine was stored with stabilized (seafoam maybe) gas in the tank. Never again, we will run it dry after season ends. Thanks!
As I can see from all the other posts that this is a common problem. I thank you for posting this video. I add stabil to all my gas for mowers, power washers, snow blowers and such and this is the first problem I've had with bad gas. But I guess it could of been some blockage that washed out when I drained the bowl. Either way your video helped me greatly... Thanks
Just wanted to post a thank you. Was doing some before the snow comes maintenance work and my barley used 1 year old cadet blower would not start. I drained the fuel in the carb and then re-primmed and BAM... She was working. Thank you again!
Today we had an 13" snowfall and I have a very long driveway...it sat all year and would not start...tried several times let it rest...watched your video and when I tilted it on it's side to remove and drain the carb...but after seeing what tool I was going to need...placed it back up in the upright position and decided one last try...it started right up...so - maybe by just tilting it over on the side something gets jostled or moved...either way...it worked and to some degree I have to thank you.
Thanks man for part 1 and 2 of this video. I literally encountered the same problem. Procrastination lead to no starting after a major snowstorm up here in MI. Oil change, spark plug replacement, etc. to no avail. After much swearing and many beers, I watched this video and it did the trick. Thanks again.
Add a little marvel mystery oil to fuel plus stabil to fuel in my 5 gallon can I add also 1 .5 gallon of 100 LL aviation fuel mix everything This has worked for 4 years .. this really helped... plus carb bowl drain excellent idea ..
Wow man..thank you so much for such a simple idea! I can't even believe it but that actually worked! Mine is only a couple years old. Been sitting with fuel in it since last winter. I could only keep it running as long as I was pressing the primer but now she's good to go! Unbelievable. Thanks again!
Well I gotta say Harvey !! You Da Man !! I tried to start mine for 2 hours and NOTHING !! Then I watched your video and did exactly what you did and VIOLA !! Started first shot !! Thanks Bud !!
thank you! i've got a little gas on my fingers, but now, i also have a cleared driveway! thank you for the tip about draining the carburetor; it worked for me! thank you!
Hey Mark!!! I'm glad that by draining a little gas, Ur snowblower came back to life.... Nothing worse than owning a snowblower and then having to shovel the driveway.... Thanks for the kind words, encouragement, watching, and commenting!!!!
Harvey, I would say from past trials that you had the main jet plugged, draining the bowl allowed the plug to come out with the fuel, I would check the fuel filter or add one. Glad it started! GOOD TIMES!!!
Hey Bro!!!! I'm beginning to wonder about the jug of gas.... The last 2 times I used it, this snow blower and the snow mobile, both ended up dead.... Gas just does not keep.... Either the jet plug or the bad gas, it seems to be fixed now and ready to work, we will see!!! Thanks for Ur thoughts, suggestions, watching, and commenting!!!
I had a surging motor. It would only run half choked. I 1st clean the carb,then finally replace carb with a new one and new spark plug. Still didn't fix surging. Completely drained gas tank . Refilled with ethonal free gas and a little sea foam. Presto!! runs like dream with choke all the way off.
Sometimes they need a good talking to Harvey. Sometimes all it is is a little dirt ..plugs a passage. Remember the tip I gave you last year spray the entire auger area with wd 40. Keeps the snow from clogging up
Hey Milo!!! This one really threw me, it always started easily until that day.... Wouldn't even start on starting fluid... I think the plug got water on it, from there, I was just screwed!!! Thanks for Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
I have this exact model and am dealing with a similar issue. I took off the carb bolt (10mm) and began draining gas. The drainage did not stop. There was also some gas noted before I took the carb bolt off. I am guessing the float valve is not stopping the flow of gas. Either the float is stuck down or the needle is gummed up.
Harvey you are a life saver. Had the same problem on my 2 year old and was worried how I would haul it for repair. Drained some fuel from the carb and it worked the first crank! But, I tried for 30 min. using the electric started with no luck before I saw your video and after I drained the carb I used the hand crank like you did in the video, so I'm not sure if it has something to do with the electric starter or not. Also stored in dry shed over the summer and today is not cold. I wonder if after lengthly storage, bleeding the carb does anything that helps as I use fuel with no ethanol and the stuff that came out of the carb was totally clean.
Try Seafoam in the gas. Or tilt the blower up take off the left wheel. Take the float bowl off. Might be the main jet is plugged or emulsion tube in the carburetor is plugged. Clean them with a tiny bristle from a wire brust. Put back together.
so I talked with a mechanic, he said the carb float can get stuck and doing what you do can, "pop it loose"? I'm no handy-dude so I would love to know now (Dec 2020) if it stayed working.
They don't make gas like they used to, it goes off to quick, loses it's goodness, turns to varnish and gums up carbs, its even worse on 2-stroke kit too.
Hey Wizard!!!! I think it is a bad jug of gas, I think this jug also took out the snow mobile!!! I think I need to date the gas when I buy it from now on.... If it goes below zero again, I need to leave it out and pour it into another container.... I need to see if ice is left behind..... Thanks for Ur thoughts, advice, watching, and commenting!!!!
agree, same type thrower, carb engine made in china im told. They do not use ethanol and fuel system cant handle it so drain it dry in the warm weather dont leave it in the machine. Tomorrow ill have to drain fuel on mine
that gas looked yellow to me,your lucky you didnt have to take it all apart because it sucks.might want to look into valve adjustment as well,if you never checked them
I did the same with mine, but I syphoned the gas out first, drained the carburetor, put some mechanic in a bottle in it, primed it 5x, let it sit 5 hours, put gas it it, primed a couple more times and bam!
I did everything every video told me to do.. I then replaced the carb... Starts, runs at most 30 seconds... I pulled the gas tank off and the nipple that connects to the fuel line has a filter on it.. I cleaned the filter and it running at 100%
Hey Bob!!! Thanks for the filter info, have not had one of those clog yet.... I hope my video helped anyway!!! Thanks for the info, Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
@@HarveySpooner It is a long skinny screen... I watched your video a lot.. trying to see if I missed something... The worst part is we have a Cub Cadet dealer 10 min from my house and I was told there was no fuel filter on it. I am just glad it was a powder snow here in Chicago.. I am the only person with a Monster Snow Blower, so when the big heavy stuff hit, I am clearing 20 driveways by the street where the plows block eveyone in ! Last year at the end of the season, it would run for 5 min at at time.
Which of the two nuts do you loosen to drain the fuel? It wasn’t entirely clear if you meant the one facing straight down or the one at a slight angle.
Nothing worse than when your snowblower quits when you're getting dumped on. If you don't have trust with your snowblower...what do you have ;) Would'n't you think it was just some crud sitting in a key area that got rinsed out when you drained it? Thanks for sharing your experience Harvey.
You could always just scrap that blower and send me the tires , lol . My sears SS14 front tires may as well be racing slicks lol. I started with my back up SS14 , got about a 100 feet and it quit , had to break out a second one , The one i should of started with , to get rid of the snow . Thinking the needle valve in carb stuck . it is a new china carb , and done this once already . The engine on it has so much blow by , it blows oil out everywhere , even the pan gasket .
I procrastinated, and my Cub Cadet won't start (after a major snow storm, of course). It had its spark replaced last fall, so I haven't checked that, but I did drain the carburetor (worked for me last year), tried to start the engine, added stabilizer to the tank, and it still won't start. The machine is relatively new (2017). ???
Just tried it and it didn't work for me. Ran it dry in the spring. Changed the spark plug put fresh gas in and tried to start it to no avail. We got about 8 inches of snow today in NE Ohio. Bummer
Hey Zig!!! I called that engine many words that began with F and not a one of them was fickle.... I'm glad that it is behaving now.... Thanks for Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!!
We use only premium no lead gas in our small engines. Leaded regular with corn mash 10% alcohol is fine for your car or truck engine. Those engine's are manufactured for that gas. Small engines (up to 4 passenger quad runners) outboard motors (2 stroke or 4 stroke) are not. We use fuel stabilizer in all our gas, and we even use a marine fuel injector cleaner in our car engines.
Gas these days is garbage. Not designed to last more than 2-3 months, then the additives start breaking it down, just like how the additives destroy the rubber diaphragms in carburetors. Even with stabilizer its a crap shoot how long you have. Ive started cars that have sat ten years or more back in the eighties and early nineties on their own fuel, just got crank and spark working, a few shots of ether to wake it up, then it would sit and purr in its own fuel. It stunk, but it still burned fine.
dave1135 I agree here in Northern Ireland one of the worlds worst countries, my dad owns lawnmower business hard o. The wee engines, the carb jets just get smaller and smaller. The old engines will burn anything!
Hey Dave! Gas is worse then garbage, even with Stable and sea foam can't even keep it alive for a few months.... The gas was so bad that ether would not even cause a pop.... Thanks for the info, Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
Hey Luke, U R right, the big old engines will run on almost anything, some used to run on kerosene once they were warmed up.... I hate working on the really little engines, they always seem so fussy to me.... Thanks for Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
If the gas was good I am wondering if the float was frozen or water was in their somehow and it froze the needle. It should have started with the ether. It must have been the spark was grounded somehow.
Hey Calvin, This is the jug of gas I used on the snow mobile also, I'm wondering if it has enough stabilizer and sea foam to work when the temperature is warm, but, not enough to keep the water in solution when the temperature dives... Every time I walk by this snow blower, I check to see if it will start.... I did check the spark, it looked good and strong.... I was surprised that it did not pop or kick over on starting fluid, I even used the good stuff that would jump start a zombie!
Harvey Spooner lol I hear you. Must have had the valves frozen stuck. I use 100% ⛽️ and if you are too I wouldn’t put it past you got bad gas somewhere. Try putting some in the freezer to see it it freezes even while having all that other additives in it. Good luck
Hey Calvin, Good Idea, it is supposed to get real cold tonight, I need to leave it out and pour off the top to see if any ice is left behind!!! Thanks for Ur good suggestions, thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
The China engines are pretty good. Must have been you dislodged a speck of dirt from the main idle circuit when you drained it. What's the second Cub Cadet there - a parts machine?
Hey Dale!!! The second Cub Cadet is supposed to get restored, it is functional, it just needs time and effort... Thinking back, I think this the second engine that this jug of gas killed.... I think it also took out the snow mobile.... I need to transfer the gas to a clear container and see what it looks like.... Thanks for asking, Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!!!
Add another success. Foot of snow coming to Foxboro. Tried out the Cub today and it would not start, So I did what everyone does, hit up TH-cam and bingo. Thanks.
I think you can trust it. what happened, I think, is gunk plugging the jet up through the center, fell out while you were draining that fuel. I think it was just a blockage.
Hey Paublus, I think this jug of gas has an issue, I think it is the same one that took out my snow mobile.... The blockage or water seems to be tamed for now.... Thanks for Ur thoughts, advice, watching, and commenting!!!
Hey Bob, For me, it was a shame that the blower did not start and the snow was perfect for it, would of been an easy job, no shoot clogs!!!! Thanks for understanding, the info, Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
If this doesn't fix your no starting issues try this th-cam.com/video/uXO2bVrZwFA/w-d-xo.html. Almost took my Cub to get it repaired and found this link. Fix took 15 minutes and it fired right up. Probably saved me $200 and having to lug my SB to the shop. Thanks to Harvey ans Stephen for both videos!
Hey Ashley, I was surprised that it started up so easy, maybe the water only separated out in the cold.... I have walked by it and started it up another few times, seems to start on the first pull now.... I guess I needed the exercise of shoveling the driveway.... Thanks for Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
Hey Ashley, U R right, when a camera is on, sometimes things screw up.... I guess I showed folks that not all my stuff works all the time.... Thanks for Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
You guys are all more then likely using Ethanol fuel. You need to use Premium NO ETHANOL fuel in all of your small engines and anything that sits for a while.
Why do I come see this video every year just before the first snow storm of the season. -Thanks for posting😅
Me too! Worked again!
You have a cub cadet...
Got snowblower running because of your video. Thanks Harvdawg. WHOOTY WHOO!!!
Thanks so much. Couldn't get my Troybilt snowblower started the night before a huge storm this week and spent hours trying everything. Watched this video and went to the garage, removed the screw on the bottom of carburetor to drain gas as you instructed and put fresh premium gas in, gave it one shot of starter fluid in the carburetor and low and behold, she started right up. Thank you so much for putting this video together!! Very much appreciated!
Thanks for the info got mine up and running sa Ed me 200 bones you rock man learn something new everyday
Yup, my Cub Cadet wouldn’t start, one hour before a major New England storm. I drained the carb thanks to your video and it worked perfectly. THANKS!!!
Was trying to start my widowed neighbor’s Cub Cadet blower today (new 11 months ago) and with no luck I Googled and found this vid. I was skeptical but this worked for me too! I drained out about 4 ounces of nasty dark yellow “gas”, then stopped when the flow appeared to be fairly clear. No particles came out. Primed it and it started right up This engine was stored with stabilized (seafoam maybe) gas in the tank. Never again, we will run it dry after season ends. Thanks!
after you run it dry, still drain the carb bowl.
Woooooohooooo! Got to love it when the first video you click on to troubleshoot a problem, fixes the problem!
Your phone is listening your problems and immediately knows what to show you😀
As I can see from all the other posts that this is a common problem. I thank you for posting this video. I add stabil to all my gas for mowers, power washers, snow blowers and such and this is the first problem I've had with bad gas. But I guess it could of been some blockage that washed out when I drained the bowl. Either way your video helped me greatly... Thanks
Thank you so much Harvey, you are a life saver!!! I tried your tip and it started on the first try!!
Just wanted to post a thank you. Was doing some before the snow comes maintenance work and my barley used 1 year old cadet blower would not start. I drained the fuel in the carb and then re-primmed and BAM... She was working. Thank you again!
Today we had an 13" snowfall and I have a very long driveway...it sat all year and would not start...tried several times let it rest...watched your video and when I tilted it on it's side to remove and drain the carb...but after seeing what tool I was going to need...placed it back up in the upright position and decided one last try...it started right up...so - maybe by just tilting it over on the side something gets jostled or moved...either way...it worked and to some degree I have to thank you.
Bought new cub in spring, never seen snow yet, went to start it today, no starting, tried this and it fired up👍
I did this and it totally worked! Thank you so much! No more shoveling this year!
My Cadet was only one year old. I removed a solo cup (aluminum) Plastic will melt and it works great now. Thanks!
Thanks man for part 1 and 2 of this video. I literally encountered the same problem. Procrastination lead to no starting after a major snowstorm up here in MI. Oil change, spark plug replacement, etc. to no avail. After much swearing and many beers, I watched this video and it did the trick. Thanks again.
Add a little marvel mystery oil to fuel plus stabil to fuel in my 5 gallon can I add also 1 .5 gallon of 100 LL aviation fuel mix everything
This has worked for 4 years .. this really helped... plus carb bowl drain excellent idea ..
This worked for me, too, on my 1 year old Cub Cadet 357cc. Amazing. Thank you
Wow man..thank you so much for such a simple idea! I can't even believe it but that actually worked! Mine is only a couple years old. Been sitting with fuel in it since last winter. I could only keep it running as long as I was pressing the primer but now she's good to go! Unbelievable. Thanks again!
Sure enough, I tried your tip. Started right up! Awesome! Thanks
This worked for me. Try this first. Thank you very much for posting.
Well I gotta say Harvey !! You Da Man !! I tried to start mine for 2 hours and NOTHING !! Then I watched your video and did exactly what you did and VIOLA !! Started first shot !! Thanks Bud !!
thank you! i've got a little gas on my fingers, but now, i also have a cleared driveway! thank you for the tip about draining the carburetor; it worked for me! thank you!
Hey Mark!!! I'm glad that by draining a little gas, Ur snowblower came back to life.... Nothing worse than owning a snowblower and then having to shovel the driveway.... Thanks for the kind words, encouragement, watching, and commenting!!!!
Harvey,
I would say from past trials that you had the main jet plugged, draining the bowl
allowed the plug to come out with the fuel, I would check the fuel filter or add one.
Glad it started! GOOD TIMES!!!
Hey Bro!!!! I'm beginning to wonder about the jug of gas.... The last 2 times I used it, this snow blower and the snow mobile, both ended up dead.... Gas just does not keep.... Either the jet plug or the bad gas, it seems to be fixed now and ready to work, we will see!!! Thanks for Ur thoughts, suggestions, watching, and commenting!!!
I had a surging motor. It would only run half choked. I 1st clean the carb,then finally replace carb with a new one and new spark plug. Still didn't fix surging. Completely drained gas tank . Refilled with ethonal free gas and a little sea foam. Presto!! runs like dream with choke all the way off.
Also I put in a inline fuel filter right before the carburetor. No ethanol gas in small engines 😡
Sometimes they need a good talking to Harvey. Sometimes all it is is a little dirt ..plugs a passage. Remember the tip I gave you last year spray the entire auger area with wd 40. Keeps the snow from clogging up
Thanks for the post, worked like a charm.
My won’t start after a year. Will have to try this
Hey Milo!!! This one really threw me, it always started easily until that day.... Wouldn't even start on starting fluid... I think the plug got water on it, from there, I was just screwed!!! Thanks for Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
I have this exact model and am dealing with a similar issue. I took off the carb bolt (10mm) and began draining gas. The drainage did not stop. There was also some gas noted before I took the carb bolt off. I am guessing the float valve is not stopping the flow of gas. Either the float is stuck down or the needle is gummed up.
Do you have to drain the fuel from the tank first before draining the carb? Thanks Harvey
Harvey you are a life saver. Had the same problem on my 2 year old and was worried how I would haul it for repair. Drained some fuel from the carb and it worked the first crank! But, I tried for 30 min. using the electric started with no luck before I saw your video and after I drained the carb I used the hand crank like you did in the video, so I'm not sure if it has something to do with the electric starter or not. Also stored in dry shed over the summer and today is not cold. I wonder if after lengthly storage, bleeding the carb does anything that helps as I use fuel with no ethanol and the stuff that came out of the carb was totally clean.
Try Seafoam in the gas. Or tilt the blower up take off the left wheel. Take the float bowl off. Might be the main jet is plugged or emulsion tube in the carburetor is plugged. Clean them with a tiny bristle from a wire brust. Put back together.
so I talked with a mechanic, he said the carb float can get stuck and doing what you do can, "pop it loose"? I'm no handy-dude so I would love to know now (Dec 2020) if it stayed working.
They don't make gas like they used to, it goes off to quick, loses it's goodness, turns to varnish and gums up carbs, its even worse on 2-stroke kit too.
Hey Wizard!!!! I think it is a bad jug of gas, I think this jug also took out the snow mobile!!! I think I need to date the gas when I buy it from now on.... If it goes below zero again, I need to leave it out and pour it into another container.... I need to see if ice is left behind..... Thanks for Ur thoughts, advice, watching, and commenting!!!!
agree, same type thrower, carb engine made in china im told. They do not use ethanol and fuel system cant handle it so drain it dry in the warm weather dont leave it in the machine. Tomorrow ill have to drain fuel on mine
that gas looked yellow to me,your lucky you didnt have to take it all apart because it sucks.might want to look into valve adjustment as well,if you never checked them
I did the same with mine, but I syphoned the gas out first, drained the carburetor, put some mechanic in a bottle in it, primed it 5x, let it sit 5 hours, put gas it it, primed a couple more times and bam!
Your video really helped thanks!!!! Just wondering if you would know why it would only stay on with the choke on?
I did everything every video told me to do.. I then replaced the carb... Starts, runs at most 30 seconds... I pulled the gas tank off and the nipple that connects to the fuel line has a filter on it.. I cleaned the filter and it running at 100%
Hey Bob!!! Thanks for the filter info, have not had one of those clog yet.... I hope my video helped anyway!!! Thanks for the info, Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
@@HarveySpooner It is a long skinny screen... I watched your video a lot.. trying to see if I missed something... The worst part is we have a Cub Cadet dealer 10 min from my house and I was told there was no fuel filter on it. I am just glad it was a powder snow here in Chicago.. I am the only person with a Monster Snow Blower, so when the big heavy stuff hit, I am clearing 20 driveways by the street where the plows block eveyone in ! Last year at the end of the season, it would run for 5 min at at time.
worked for me. Dont know why. Just drained bowl and good to go.
You were correct, lots of snotty looking crap drained out👍🏼
Which of the two nuts do you loosen to drain the fuel? It wasn’t entirely clear if you meant the one facing straight down or the one at a slight angle.
Nothing worse than when your snowblower quits when you're getting dumped on. If you don't have trust with your snowblower...what do you have ;) Would'n't you think it was just some crud sitting in a key area that got rinsed out when you drained it? Thanks for sharing your experience Harvey.
Mine was still messed up and had to add some Gumout to loosen up some E85 crud leftover in the main jet.
You could always just scrap that blower and send me the tires , lol . My sears SS14 front tires may as well be racing slicks lol. I started with my back up SS14 , got about a 100 feet and it quit , had to break out a second one , The one i should of started with , to get rid of the snow . Thinking the needle valve in carb stuck . it is a new china carb , and done this once already . The engine on it has so much blow by , it blows oil out everywhere , even the pan gasket .
I procrastinated, and my Cub Cadet won't start (after a major snow storm, of course). It had its spark replaced last fall, so I haven't checked that, but I did drain the carburetor (worked for me last year), tried to start the engine, added stabilizer to the tank, and it still won't start. The machine is relatively new (2017). ???
you may need to actually clean the carb. sometimes the little holes get clogged up.
I had the same prob yesterday did the same thing and she started right up and ran for a full 3 hours. 🤷♂️
Just tried it and it didn't work for me. Ran it dry in the spring. Changed the spark plug put fresh gas in and tried to start it to no avail. We got about 8 inches of snow today in NE Ohio. Bummer
next time you run it dry, drain the carb bowl afterwards too. might need to take apart the carb and clean out the little holes.
The internal combustion engine can be a fickle thing.
Hey Zig!!! I called that engine many words that began with F and not a one of them was fickle.... I'm glad that it is behaving now.... Thanks for Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!!
put stabil in your fuel at end of season
We use only premium no lead gas in our small engines. Leaded regular with corn mash 10% alcohol is fine for your car or truck engine. Those engine's are manufactured for that gas. Small engines (up to 4 passenger quad runners) outboard motors (2 stroke or 4 stroke) are not. We use fuel stabilizer in all our gas, and we even use a marine fuel injector cleaner in our car engines.
Gas these days is garbage. Not designed to last more than 2-3 months, then the additives start breaking it down, just like how the additives destroy the rubber diaphragms in carburetors. Even with stabilizer its a crap shoot how long you have. Ive started cars that have sat ten years or more back in the eighties and early nineties on their own fuel, just got crank and spark working, a few shots of ether to wake it up, then it would sit and purr in its own fuel. It stunk, but it still burned fine.
dave1135 I agree here in Northern Ireland one of the worlds worst countries, my dad owns lawnmower business hard o. The wee engines, the carb jets just get smaller and smaller. The old engines will burn anything!
Hey Dave! Gas is worse then garbage, even with Stable and sea foam can't even keep it alive for a few months.... The gas was so bad that ether would not even cause a pop.... Thanks for the info, Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
Hey Luke, U R right, the big old engines will run on almost anything, some used to run on kerosene once they were warmed up.... I hate working on the really little engines, they always seem so fussy to me.... Thanks for Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
It worked for me. Thank you.
I didnt get any gas at all from the bulb. I replaced the primer and all I hear is air. I dont feel any suction.
Same Here, thank you Brother
Approximately how much gas should come out when doing this?
If the gas was good I am wondering if the float was frozen or water was in their somehow and it froze the needle. It should have started with the ether. It must have been the spark was grounded somehow.
Hey Calvin, This is the jug of gas I used on the snow mobile also, I'm wondering if it has enough stabilizer and sea foam to work when the temperature is warm, but, not enough to keep the water in solution when the temperature dives... Every time I walk by this snow blower, I check to see if it will start.... I did check the spark, it looked good and strong.... I was surprised that it did not pop or kick over on starting fluid, I even used the good stuff that would jump start a zombie!
Harvey Spooner lol I hear you. Must have had the valves frozen stuck.
I use 100% ⛽️ and if you are too I wouldn’t put it past you got bad gas somewhere. Try putting some in the freezer to see it it freezes even while having all that other additives in it. Good luck
Hey Calvin, Good Idea, it is supposed to get real cold tonight, I need to leave it out and pour off the top to see if any ice is left behind!!! Thanks for Ur good suggestions, thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
I always enjoy your videos,by the way,I recommended your channel to puppetkicker
The China engines are pretty good. Must have been you dislodged a speck of dirt from the main idle circuit when you drained it. What's the second Cub Cadet there - a parts machine?
Hey Dale!!! The second Cub Cadet is supposed to get restored, it is functional, it just needs time and effort... Thinking back, I think this the second engine that this jug of gas killed.... I think it also took out the snow mobile.... I need to transfer the gas to a clear container and see what it looks like.... Thanks for asking, Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!!!
@@HarveySpooner I'm starting to think you have a Killer gas can, it kills everything you fill up with it, Great video thanks for sharing.
Add another success. Foot of snow coming to Foxboro. Tried out the Cub today and it would not start, So I did what everyone does, hit up TH-cam and bingo. Thanks.
Harvey spooner what was wrong with it was it a carb issue or fuel your gas had water in it i bet
Tried it. Didn't work. I did have that film or whatever on the bottom of the cup I used.
I think you can trust it. what happened, I think, is gunk plugging the jet up through the center, fell out while you were draining that fuel. I think it was just a blockage.
Hey Paublus, I think this jug of gas has an issue, I think it is the same one that took out my snow mobile.... The blockage or water seems to be tamed for now.... Thanks for Ur thoughts, advice, watching, and commenting!!!
Man how many toys do you have, haha Is that a Honda 250R in the back? I just sold mine last year it was an 82
Is that all the fuel that drained out? Mine has drained about half a gal and is still going.
Harvey ahhh haaaa dirty gas does it all the time needs a good cleaning also add a fuel filter buddy Harvey spooner
Ethanol gas has a 6 month shelf life
great vid thanks
looks newish...i had to shovel all this crap we got
Hey Bob, For me, it was a shame that the blower did not start and the snow was perfect for it, would of been an easy job, no shoot clogs!!!! Thanks for understanding, the info, Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
If this doesn't fix your no starting issues try this th-cam.com/video/uXO2bVrZwFA/w-d-xo.html. Almost took my Cub to get it repaired and found this link. Fix took 15 minutes and it fired right up. Probably saved me $200 and having to lug my SB to the shop. Thanks to Harvey ans Stephen for both videos!
this video didn't help mine
Simple as that
Hey Ashley, I was surprised that it started up so easy, maybe the water only separated out in the cold.... I have walked by it and started it up another few times, seems to start on the first pull now.... I guess I needed the exercise of shoveling the driveway.... Thanks for Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
Harvey Spooner may have just been having a stubborn moment like machines sometimes do. If you weren't recording it would have worked first round
Hey Ashley, U R right, when a camera is on, sometimes things screw up.... I guess I showed folks that not all my stuff works all the time.... Thanks for Ur thoughts, watching, and commenting!!!
Boo to the yah! TH-cam University to the rescue once again!
You guys are all more then likely using Ethanol fuel. You need to use Premium NO ETHANOL fuel in all of your small engines and anything that sits for a while.