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DJ_Bjorklund


Joined: Dec 2, 2007
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Ariens 926LE w/Tecumseh LH318SA 9.25 HP Hard to cold start
Original Message   Dec 2, 2007 11:14 am
Hello all.  I'm new here.  Anyway, I'm at my wit's end with this cold starting this machine.  I have this engine on a one year old Ariens 926LE.  This thing is and always has been such a challenge to cold start.  Basically, prime and pull, prime and pull, and I coax it along getting it to (putt-putt) go, I have to leave it at full choke and at the starting throttle position for 5 to 10 minutes.  Then I can gradually sneak away from full choke and feather the throttle (usually with a few kills while I do that) up to full and go.  Then, she runs fine until the job's done.  Gentlemen, if there's a way out I need it as this is not my favorite way to start particularly, a weekday.  Dealer tells me, "Yeah, all that pollution stuff,...they're all hard to start".  Is he blowin' smoke...?  Thanks
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DJ_Bjorklund


Joined: Dec 2, 2007
Points: 2

Re: Ariens 926LE w/Tecumseh LH318SA 9.25 HP Hard to cold start
Reply #4   Dec 3, 2007 7:56 pm
Took it in and said "fix it" like I should have last year.  They did.  Seems the choke was screwed up.  The price of being a small engine idiot boys (that'd be me)
But hey, I'm fearlessly ready for that 3 to 4" scheduled for southern MN tomorrow night!
Thanks everyone.
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