What To Do When Your Snowblower Won't Start? - AMSOIL Blog

A snowblower that won't start is usually a fuel problem.Shop the articleAMSOIL Quickshot®AMSOIL Gasoline StabilizerAMSOIL Power Foam®by David HilgendorfOctober 26, 2022It is frustrating when the first snow falls and your snowblower won’t start. Don’t be stuck in the garage on Thanksgiving tearing apart your snowblower carburetor. Here’s how to make sure your snowblower fires right up.Fuel deliveryA snowblower that won’t start is typically due to a fuel delivery problem. The months your snowblower spends in the garage doing nothing causes the gasoline to break down, forming varnish and gum that can clog the tiny passages or stick the float in the carburetor.Varnish prevents gasoline from reaching the combustion chamber, meaning the snowblower won’t start no matter how many times you pull the starter cord or how much starter fluid you empty into the intake.Remove the float bowl and spray carburetor cleaner into the carb. This simple procedure will often clean whatever is fouling the carb...