it has been sitting outside but not in the rain, i let it warm up some once it was started but soon as you take it out of choke it quits running

11/18/2014 5:32:50 PM

Ethanol claims another one. Replace the carburetor.

11/18/2014 5:41:56 PM

- bad fuel
- partially clogged fuel line (my guess, running on choke causes more vacuum, sucking harder on the fuel line)
- clogged/gummed up carb - needs a cleaning.


pick one or all, clean, new fuel, repeat

[Edited on November 18, 2014 at 5:43 PM. Reason : or NRR it ^]

11/18/2014 5:42:47 PM

Use a rake gayboy

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

11/18/2014 5:43:40 PM

Not worth the effort of cleaning. These carbs are cheap.

11/18/2014 5:44:01 PM

Prevention measures:

Quit putting fuel with ethanol in your small engines

Use a fuel stabilizer (but this only buys you time, doesn't eliminate the problem)

When you plan to put the equipment up for longer than a couple weeks, dump the fuel tank, crank it up, and gag the throttle wide open until it shuts off.

11/18/2014 6:00:29 PM

Is this varnishing?

11/18/2014 6:02:34 PM

No, it is phase separation of gasoline/ethanol blends

11/18/2014 6:03:48 PM

man I was running that canned gas from Lowes in it that's ethanol free

11/18/2014 6:08:19 PM

http://saturdaymechanic.com/ethanol-issues-varnish-vs-gum-and-using-the-right-additive/

Decent explanation of the difference. Pure gasoline will varnish, but is easily combated with a fuel system cleaner. Ethanol gums up everything. These little 2-stroke carbs aren't worth cleaning.

11/18/2014 6:09:21 PM

I would still suggest dumping the tank and running it dry. It's a clogged carb. Seen it too many times.

I buy what is advertised as e-free for my boat and small engines, but I still treat it like it is E10.

11/18/2014 6:12:34 PM

Also, I'm anal about my boat and small engine fuel and still had to replace the carb in my weedeater this summer. The difference is I got over 4 yrs of service from it whereas ethanol fuel would result in a new carb every mowing season.

11/18/2014 6:16:18 PM

yeah i have been making my own gas and my brother in law told me to get that pre canned gas because of that ethanol thing

i was getting refurbished stuff from vminnovations but it never lasts more than a year, the last home lite leaf blower last exactly one season, this one is a husqvarna and it still starts right up but wont run so i bet its the same thing you are saying its clogged

11/18/2014 6:19:39 PM

Weird, I got like 6 years out of my leaf blower before I did a rebuild. I got a similar amount on a pushmower. I'm currently at about 4 years on a second pushmower. I don't do anything special other than put stabil in them over the winter if I don't bother to drain the tanks.

11/18/2014 6:20:21 PM

http://www.vminnovations.com/Product_5041/Husqvarna-28cc-Gas-Powered-Leaf-Blower-Refurbished-125B-BRC-RB.html

this is the same one

11/18/2014 6:24:12 PM

11/18/2014 6:50:01 PM

time to get a new one.

11/18/2014 7:24:12 PM

man leaf season is almost over

i tried blowing the leaves with the choke on but there was not a lot of wind coming out of the leaf blower

11/18/2014 7:32:18 PM

a leaf blower that named carol/cheryl

11/18/2014 8:20:51 PM

Your mom will only blow with the choke on.

11/19/2014 12:37:45 AM