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I have a 7 year old craftsman snowblower that was working fine until today. It was seeming to lack power. Does anyone know what I should look for to fix the problem before it get worse?
No it starts great all the time. The oil was changed 2 months ago and I check it every time before I start it. And the spark plug is new. It seem that it's not giving the same power when I put it in high idol. Any suggestions? And why yes I am from the rock.
You have described a 4 cycle engine so far. I think it is worth your time to drop the carborator bowl, rinse it out and inspect the needle valve and seat operation. When you lift up on the float it should close the needle valve 100%, no dripping at all. When you lower the float the fuel will start to spill, this may flush out any decris in the carb. If your blower has an in-line fuel filter you might swap that out with new. Last but not least check the linkage between your throttle control and the carb, insue that when you move the knob to high speed the carb end actually responds.
Corner Brook.
This is what you should do. If you have a Craftsman Snowblower and this is happing to you off the cuff. your idling screw has backed off a bit. Start your snow blower and when you have it on high rev with out the chock on then turn the idling screw until you get to the same rev you had before. Cation- Do not go higher as it was before for it can damage your engine. If your from NL you must be snow blowing 1 feet to 2 feet a day. This is common with craftsman snow blowers. Tell me how you make out.
ballengerb1 was wrong. The gas is clean and it had nothing to do with the carb. I will say that I did try the idling screw like Questionshelp suggested and this person was correct. Thank you for all your help.
If you have anymore problems with your snow blower I can recommend calling John Kennedy in Corner Brook, He works for me. Thank you just say Jay told you to call him. look out for the storm this weekend it calls for 25 to 40 cm of snow.
I got my son to take the snow blower to get the carb cleaned which cost me $68.00 plus 13% tax. Which I latter found out from the service department that the carb was cleaned and there was no need to clean it. needless to say I wasted over $76. Why would you suspect the Carb MOWERMAN2468?
I can see why people would suspect the carb needing cleaning. And thank you for the ratting you gave me. But even still this site is for people trying to help you out. You asked the questions and people try to pinpoint the problem and help you fix it. Please keep in mind that "ballengerb1" only gave you advise. "ballengerb1" never told you to pay to clean your carb. Sorry but for you paying money to have it cleaned was your own fault.
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