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...there is a fuel filter somewhere in the line and that could have water or dirt in it. There is also probably a gas shut off thingy that ya shoulda turned to the off position and then run all the gas out of the carb before ya put it away for the season. If ya didn't do that it is possibly a blockage in the carb itself. My advice on carbs is don't puts with them Ya can only make whatever the problem is worse. Remove the hose that brings the fuel to the carb and spray some carb cleaner into it. Then spray some of that magic starter fluid into it. If that don't fix it ya only has 3 options left.
!. Take it to somebody who knows how to unstop a carb.
2. Buy another one.
3. Move further south til you no longer need a snow blower.
If ya takes option number three, ya might want to read up on leaf blowers. They are a pain in the arse as well.

BTW: If ya can find a service station that has recreational fuel (fuel without ethanol) it will not
clog up as often and if ya put some Stabil
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in the fuel, then turn off the fuel thingy and run the carb dry you should not have any problems with it at all.

Ethanol is the big culprit here. It is made from corn and when it sits around for awhile, it wants to turn back into sugar.

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Snow Blower
By: Decomposed
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Sat, 01 Aug 20 8:33 PM
Msg. 04090 of 52552

I'm soliciting advice from someone with more mechanical knowledge than I have.

My 20-year-old snow blower has been sitting outside with a tarp over it for about a year. When I tried it in November, it wouldn't start and I haven't touched it since. I did notice that the little rubber primer (the thing you pump 5 times before starting) isn't leaking fuel when I overpump, and that's something it used to do, so I suspect that gas isn't getting from the tank to the spark plug.

This week, I replaced the spark plug, and today I sprayed it liberally with starter fluid. Vroom! The blower started on the first pull! Five seconds later, it puttered out.

I can repeat that. I'm pretty sure at this point that there's either a clog or a leak keeping fuel from getting to the engine. What's the best way to correct this?


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