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Re: NEWBIE - I overfilled oil...and my impeller won't disengage.
#1 Jan 13, 2007 2:00 pm |
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Thanks guys. I have now changed the oil, and refilled with exactly 21oz. I will adjust the belt and try and get the overflow oil off the brake at the bottom of the belt drive assembly. The belts themselves are oil free, but I think the oil is preventing the brake from being totally effective....I am going to wait til the temp gets above 2 to do so tho :o)
Thanks again for your assistance. ~Tip
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Re: NEWBIE - I overfilled oil...and my impeller won't disengage.
#2 Jan 11, 2007 12:21 pm |
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Thanks for the reply....
Yes I bought from HD and no they really did not go over anything with me other than to check the oil after it has been started and warmed up a bit. When I did that I was having a hard time seeing what the oil level was. Light oil on a silver dipstick is hard to see. I read the manual a bunch of times, and it said "Fill oil to between the lines on the dip stick, or til it is overflowing" I thought I was airing on the side of caution by adding more oil. So i will empty and refill, but did I damage anything? Should I check for damage?...or make sure oil did not get on certain parts, and if so clean them?
Thank you, ~TIpton
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NEWBIE - I overfilled oil...and my impeller won't disengage.
#3 Jan 10, 2007 2:17 pm |
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Hi all, I am not only new to the forum, but also new to snow throwers. I live in Denver and we have been getting pounded lately. I finally bought an ARIENS 520E. I read the instructions, and feel I did everything I could to ensure success. I do have some Questions though.
1. Oil - I was told to start it up, get it warm and then check oil levels. I did that but could not read the dip stick. The oil was too clear. I read the manual and it says fill oil to correct level on dipstick or til it overflows. well I did not fill it til it overflowed, but put about 3/4th of bottle in it. When I started it back up oil gushed out of someplace. Not sure where. IS THIS BAD? Will it hurt anything? Should I drain and refill? Should I make sure the oil did not get on certain parts, and clean if it did?
2. Impeller - After using it for a bit (and after the oil fiasco) I noticed that when I would let go of both the impeller and drive levers, the auger and impeller would continue to spin....but when I let it sit for a bit while doing something else (hand shoveling something), It would gradually disengage, and then almost pulse. What does that mean? Is something out of wack? I seemed to run great(no binding), just would not stop when I let the lever go.
Also being totally new to owning and operating, is there any tips, or helpful info I should know moving forward.
Thank you in advance. ~Tipton
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