Hi everyone,
I wonder if I have a problem with the governor of my Ariens 11528LE (equipped with the Techumseh snow king OHV). When the snow is lite or in small quantities, the snowblower throws it 40-50 feet away without any problem but when the snow is wet or more compact, the blower can't throw it any farther than 20 feet even in first gear with 6 inches of snow in half of the bucket. I understand that blowing 6 inches of wet snow is not as easy as blowing one inch on lite snow but beleive me, there is really a problem if I compare with other blowers I have used in the past. In fact, nothing indicates me that the governor is working since the sound of the engine remains the same even if the demands is higher. If I'm not extremely 'polite' with the machine the snow tends to jam in the impeller and everything stops. It feels like it is really underpowered.
Note that when I operate the blower, the choke is off and it is always to full throttle.
Thanks for your advices and since I'm a french speaker, I apologize if there are any mistakes in the text.
Maxime
