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Re: Snow thrower cant get gas>>>>
#1   Feb 4, 2008 12:16 am
Thanks nipper99 and borat,  the float needle was sticky, I cleaned it and cleaned the seating area around it with a paper clip.  Now it primes up gas fine when pumped.

Put it back together and it fired up.  Thanks again fellas for the carburetor tips,........learned a lot.

Re: Snow thrower cant get gas>>>>
#2   Feb 3, 2008 5:09 pm
And nipper what or where is the main jet.  is this the line from the gas tank to the carb?  Borat dont know where-abouts the "float neddle valve" I'm going to serach for  illustrations explaining carburetor basics on the web shortly. But the engine does not have a fuel shut off valve on this model.
Re: Snow thrower cant get gas>>>>
#3   Feb 3, 2008 5:07 pm
Yes nipper it is tecumseh engine.  Went out to garage and the hose to the primer bulb looks new, and did not have cracks.  I hear the air when I pres the primer but no fuel pumps up.  The bowl is empty, and not sure what the float is.  But if I spray a shot of starting fluid in the bowl it will fire up and run just long enough to burn off it.
Snow thrower cant get gas>>>>
#4   Feb 3, 2008 2:09 pm
 

My 11 month old MTD 9.5 hp snow thrower will not get gas.  It wont prime gas into the carb, or get gas while running.  It will start with gas or starting fliud put in the spark plug hole, but will run only 5-10 seconds and die.  I removed the gas from the tank, sprayed through both hoses ( from fuel tank and primer) to clear, inserted new gas, but no luck, .  Any clues?

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