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solara

Location: Boston
Joined: Jun 16, 2004
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Do you?
Original Message Jan 20, 2005 12:11 pm

a) when shutting off the blower (for the day, not the season), first turn off the gas so the gas in the carb is expended?

b) if no primer bulb, when starting, do anything other than placing throttle on high and opening the choke?

Thanx.

(BTW, 2 - 3 inches in boston which i moved (easily) w/ the jacobsen snowburst as i flooded the toro 826.)

2004-2005 Ariens 11528LE
Jacobsen snow-burst

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Highwind

Despite the high cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular.

Joined: Jan 13, 2004
Points: 985

Re: Do you?
Reply #9 Jan 20, 2005 9:43 pm

Haven't run it dry after a snow blowing session, as I have Bobby_Ps Pri-G in it and it is so cold that I'm not worried about fuel deterioration or carb gumming.

Only have a single throttle control which when in choke position sets the throttle to high speed. When I come off choke she'll be at full speed, so I'll put the throttle back to low, and warm up the hydrostatic drive before backing it out of the garage.

Summer engines I run dry as part of the shutdown, even though they have stabilizer in them.

Honda stable: HS 724 snowblower; HRS216 lawnmower; BF2 UWWW; 5 HP, 2200 psi/2.9 GPM pressure washer.

Electric: BV2500 B&D Leaf Hog/snow duster; old 12" Weedeater.

18Degrees

Joined: Jan 19, 2005
Points: 111

Re: Do you?
Reply #10 Jan 21, 2005 12:31 am

My garage is above 32degrees,but I Still leat it warm up before hittin' the snow.

For cool down I-lower the RPM

shut off gas

sweep the snow off with long handled broom

then drive into garage before gas runs out in carberator

shut off

smile that I own a snowthower.

18Degrees

This message was modified Jan 21, 2005 by 18Degrees

18 Degree driveway - 928 Honda track drive - Fertilizer spreader for dispensing salt

terrapin24h

The more I learn the less i know

Location: Rochester NY, USA
Joined: Dec 18, 2003
Points: 628

Re: Do you?
Reply #11 Jan 21, 2005 11:14 am

i use stabil in all my gas and do not run the carbs dry, ever. Something about dry gaskets over the winter/summer storage season doesn't sit well with me. Because there is stabalizer in there, i don't worry bout gum deposits. With that said, I DO drain the gas tank to almost empty and move the gas from the machine being stored to the machine coming out of storage. With the SB i choke full, throttle full(just like the OM says to) and lstart. I let it run on full/full

--chris
2001 Homelite VacAttack Blower
2001 6hp Toro PPace 22" mower
2001 Ariens 824LE
2002 6hp 2400 PSI Excell Powerwasher
2004 18hp Craftsman 27375 42" mower
2004 42cc Craftsman 18" chainsaw

AJace

I have an Ariens 926 Pro because I like Orange

Location: Near Gettysburg
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Re: Do you?
Reply #12 Jan 21, 2005 12:36 pm

I was talking with a local repair guy, and he said he tried running a tractor dry one time and it ruined the fuel pump. Apparently that was his first tank that he had ran dry. He'll never do it again, and I don't blame him.

Ariens 926 DLE Professional; Toro S200; Craftsman LT1000, Echo ES-230;

navihawk

Joined: Jan 17, 2003
Points: 1318

Re: Do you?
Reply #13 Jan 21, 2005 12:56 pm

Choke

full throttle

prime................not nessisarily in that order....

pull.Wait 30 seconds,turn choke off.Sometimes I half throttle for a bit.

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