I have a 2009 Toro PowerMax 1028 Snow blower that has been barely used. I bought it in September and now I'm having trouble with starting it. There was gas left in the tank over the past few months. Earlier today I had it started up, but the engine was revving (surging) up and down, and would only run on full throttle. I took the carburetor apart and clean out the parts. The parts looked pretty clean (a little green film was around the bowl). I clean that out and the rest of the parts with carb cleaner. But did not find much debris or gunk. So I put it back together and put it back in the blower. And now it only starts when I prime it, and as soon as I take the choke off it dies. Do I just need to go buy a new carberator? Or do I have other options that I'm missing?
Toro Snowblower only starts when primed
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I have a 2009 Toro PowerMax 1028 Snow blower that has been barely used. I bought it in September and now I'm having trouble with starting it. There was gas left in the tank over the past few months. Earlier today I had it started up, but the engine was revving (surging) up and down, and would only run on full throttle. I took the carburetor apart and clean out the parts. The parts looked pretty clean (a little green film was around the bowl). I clean that out and the rest of the parts with carb cleaner. But did not find much debris or gunk. So I put it back together and put it back in the blower. And now it only starts when I prime it, and as soon as I take the choke off it dies. Do I just need to go buy a new carberator? Or do I have other options that I'm missing?
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At work one of the walk behinds was doing this. We ran SeaFoam through it, it acts as a cleaner/ stabilizer. It smoothed out the surging in a matter of minutes, it's worth the couple of bucks.
You can get it at any auto store or big box store
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Green isn't a little old. It's very old. Unless you completely disassembled it, it's not clean. Carbs average $70.00 - 90.00. Green carb = new carb in our shop. You don't know if it will work till after you do the work. As you found out. On good terms with a dealer or some one who has an ultrasonic cleaner? Surprised no one blabbered about sea foam. The wonder cure for everything.
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According to Toro's website the blower is equipped with a Tecumseh. If the following link is representative of your carb and if you didn't thoroughly clean the bowl nut(main jet), that could be your problem. There should be four ports in the bowl nut---two opposing ports near the bottom, one down the center, and one very small port just at the termination of the threaded portion, that is commonly overlooked. If you don't have a set of torch tip cleaners, a wire from a wire brush can usually be used to clear the port. A very common problem in that variety of Tecumseh carb, when left with fuel over extended periodsm----more so with ethanol fuels. Hope this helps.
Dutch
https://www.toro.com/en/parts/partdetails/?id=33415
Dutch
https://www.toro.com/en/parts/partdetails/?id=33415
I did not completely disassemble it. I did clean out the passage holes in the nut under the bowl with some wire. We have about 2 feet of snow coming tomrrow night and im running out of time. So I guess I'll buy the new carb and hope that was the problem. Does anyone know if seafoam works better if I put it directly into the fuel line rather than mixed in the gas tank?
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Don't waste yer time/money with sleazefoam.
Find yer carb here: http://outdoorpowerinfo.com/repairs/#id_tecumseh
And clean it again. Pay attentention to the nozzle O rings, 'specially the upper one, you may need to kinda dig it out with a small flat blade screwdriver. They usually deteriorate and need to be replaced.
Most small engine shops will have em, if not you can usually get two of em at an auto parts store.
Advance auto parts has em. 1/8 X 1/4 X 1/16. Lookin' at a poly bag from advance now,# 64006.1 Like .99 ea.
The std. industrial # -006
So I was using seafoam incorrectly for a carb. I was running it through the gas tank. I found a video, and did it straight through the carb (letting it sit for 10 minutes also). I did 3 rounds of this. Its running a lot better. It starts up now without being primed, and I can run it on low throttle as well. It still surges slightly (but nothing like before). It also still backfire a bit. I figure there's still some stuff in there that the seafoam couldnt get to. Or maybe I just need to do a couple more rounds?
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