Snow blower tune-up?

fatlazyless · 02-16-2014, 02:54 AM

....have another problem snowblower that seems like it maybe had a catastrophic mechanical-electrical-gas ???? problem yesterday while snowblowing the deep heavy snow left by the town plow.....it is a three year old Troy Bilt 24" $599 snowblow purchased from Lowe's about three years ago and naturally I never-ever buy an extended warranty.....dang-it.......something very bad happened while using it.....it looked like it might be about to burst into flames or something so I moved it to a safe spot and let it cool off.....and thankfully it never caught fire.....it looked like the hot exhaust muffler became soaked with gasoline and was giving off smoky gasoline smoke until the muffler cooled down.....apparently liquid gasoline does not always ignite while the vapors are very flammable....so most likely this machine is a hopeless loss and I will be doing the snow with a shovel for a while

....do not want to take it to Mark Richter in Moultonborough.....very good but also very expensive......do not want to take it to Rand's Hardware....that place is useless for repairs....maybe will take it to the snowblow place in Laconia near Irwin Hyundai......or maybe to Squam lake small engine repair.....got any suggestions for someplace that is good and also el cheapo?????

02-16-2014, 02:54 AM	#11
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,779 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,022 Times in 744 Posts	....have another problem snowblower that seems like it maybe had a catastrophic mechanical-electrical-gas ???? problem yesterday while snowblowing the deep heavy snow left by the town plow.....it is a three year old Troy Bilt 24" $599 snowblow purchased from Lowe's about three years ago and naturally I never-ever buy an extended warranty.....dang-it.......something very bad happened while using it.....it looked like it might be about to burst into flames or something so I moved it to a safe spot and let it cool off.....and thankfully it never caught fire.....it looked like the hot exhaust muffler became soaked with gasoline and was giving off smoky gasoline smoke until the muffler cooled down.....apparently liquid gasoline does not always ignite while the vapors are very flammable....so most likely this machine is a hopeless loss and I will be doing the snow with a shovel for a while ....do not want to take it to Mark Richter in Moultonborough.....very good but also very expensive......do not want to take it to Rand's Hardware....that place is useless for repairs....maybe will take it to the snowblow place in Laconia near Irwin Hyundai......or maybe to Squam lake small engine repair.....got any suggestions for someplace that is good and also el cheapo????? __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!