Snow blower tune-up?

[chipj29]

Originally Posted by Wolfeboro_Baja

FLL, I wonder if your original problem with this snow blower involved the carb choke? It sounds like it may have been running a little too rich and the excess gas was collecting in the muffler. I presume you had to choke it to do a cold start but I wonder if you didn't get the choke fully open once you began using the machine? Just my .02 cents.

Here's another .02 cents; next time, buy an Ariens Sno-Thro! I've been using them for over 40 yrs and I've never had a complaint. THE BEST snow blower ever and it's made in America!

Also, whatever you buy, don't buy from Lowe's or Home Depot, buy from a real small equipment dealer. It seems like Lowe's and HD sell a lower grade variation of the brand names we're all familiar with.

This is not always true, as is the case with the Ariens snowblowers. They are the same from what I was told. The small engine shop that I go to sells Ariens. He told me they are the same as the ones sold at HD. The big difference is that when he does warranty work, he does the work on the machines that he sells first. But it at HD/Lowes and you end up at the bottom of the list, and it may take quite a bit of time to get it fixed.