Any small engine guys here? Snowblower issue
 

Went out to fire up the snowblower, and it turned over briefly then died. I tried for a bit to start it to no avail. I let it sit for a while and tried again, and now it's leaking fuel from the muffler area - a small spray when I try to start it, and a small pool if I lay the blower back.

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I'd say it's flooded. Did you put fresh gas in?

You call that a snow blower?

Yep. Flux Capacitor is out. Need to change it. Pretty costly though

Gotta be flooded all to hell
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Take out the spark plug, shut off the fuel and crank till it's dry.probably need a new plug though
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Check your fuel line to make sure it's not dry rotted if flooding isn't the issue.

I suppose I flooded it, though I didn;t think I pushed the wet bulb more than 4 or 5 times over 5 minutes of trying to start it, then let it sit for an hour. It continues to leak gas each time I lay it back. I'd say it's leaked a half dozen tablespoons total.

And yes, it's a little pice of crap, but my dad gave it to me, and we only ever need it maybe once a year.

hoses all seem fine. My dad did say he had the carb rebuilt last year before he gave it to me.

that is the muffler on the bottom right?

You have a small engine, huh? LMAO

Well that blows...

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It peed on your garage floor!

Rub it's nose in it!

Try a shovel, lazy.

How long has it been since youi fired that thing up?

Does that say Fisher Price on the handle? They might have a manual on the website.

since our last snow last year. I kept telling myself to fire it up over the summer, but I had drained all the fuel, and didn't want to mess with it.

Sounds to me that the float in the carb is stuck.

I will if I have to, but between my bad back, and our fairly steep driveway, I'd like to avoid it.

I never cared at our old house, because our driveway was short and flat, but this house is steep enough if it gets icy my work truck has a tendency to slide instead of park.

This

My strategy is usually wait a couple days. It almost always melts by then. Steep driveways kind of change things, I guess.

I can't see his pics. Some small engines don't have a float. If it does he could probably tap the bowl with something and free it up
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Pull the plug, dry the plug with a lighter, crank the motor over a few times with the spark plug removed,to get the wet fuel out. also if you take the machine inside & let it warm up. It will help big time if its a 2 stroke.

My two wheeled weed whacker does.

That's the thing about ONLY some not having a float, that means some do.

Lol
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Oops, sorry.

All these pro's around, i'll save my comments.

Snow blower, pfft, what happend to your shovel little girl?

I don't think I have any clue where to even look for that. I had already tried burning off the plug with my mapp gas torch and dry cranking the engine. No go.

Guess I'll throw it in the truck in the morning, buy a new plug and try it then. if it doesn't work I'll run it by soomeplace.

This...

You can usually shake it around a but, tap it lightly with a rubber mallet, and if nothing else, take it apart... If it's gunked-up with old gas, it's a pretty common problem..

Try any starting fluid yet?

thanks

at least I have some time now since it appears the 3 to 5" they swore we were getting at 6pm will apparently now be less than an inch.