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Posted by Oren on April 8, 2007, 8:50 pm
wrote:
>
>>I purchased a new Craftsman 8.5 hp snow blower two years ago.
>> Forget the problems with the auger blades on backwards...
>> After 1/2 hour, the Briggs & Stratton engine "coughs" then stalls
>> NO way can it be restarted. Let it sit for 20 minutes...it starts with
>> no trouble. I removed all the gas and filtered it. I checked the plug
>> andchecked for wet spark plug wire.
>
>> It may run for hours
>
>Are you using this machine commercially ? If so, you bought the wrong
>machine.
>
>>and the it
>> may cough again after another 1/2 hour. Repeat..let it cool and it
>> starts with no trouble.
>> Any suggestions for next winter snow blowing???
>> Joe
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>I don't recommend using starter fluid on these engines.
An engine can be run with it for a moment...diagnostic reasons.
>But I do recommend taking the gas cap off, placing your lips tight against
>the filler hole and blowing as hard as you can to push gas through.
If it runs with the gas cap off, check the vent hole. Clear with a
wire or replace the cap with a new one.
>I MIGHT even try a colder plug. Champion has various heat ranges in the
>same thread sizes.
Clean and re-gap the plug does wonders.
--
Oren
"I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who
really loves it."
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