Jeff Lary
Gold Member
Hi
I have never posted on this small engine forum before so please bare with me. 2 years ago I bought a like new craftsman snowblower from some older folks near by.I was going to give it to my son for his yard but his farther inlaw was in despirate need of a blower as well.He was shoveling a 275 foot yard by hand so I sold it to him very cheep I actually lost $200.00 on the deal but they are very poor and I knew he needed one.
Today my daughter inlaw asked me if I knew why his blower was blowing flames from the exhaust. I said well not really too much fuel? flooded?. I work on chainsaws some and I am the only one she knew that knew anything about engines so she asked me for help. Plus I figure he has no money for a repair shop, I saw this snow blower this fall sitting outside on thier mess of a front lawn uncovered( pretty rough outfit). I asked my son and he told me yep that is where it sets till winter then he uses it.
I did a quick search on google and a couple of things come up, 1) carb / fuel pump issue maybe or 2) stuck / broken exhaust valve or valve guide or 3) cracked engine block near the exhaust valve.
I am already a little nervous about this unit, like I said I work on saws 2 cycle engines not 4 cycle engines.I cannot remember the hp of the engine probably 4 or 5 hp.I do not have the blower here yet. If you had to hazzard a guess what may be the likely cause of this problem? I dont know if there is fuel in the block or not like I said I dont have it here yet.Thanks for any help or advice Jeff
I have never posted on this small engine forum before so please bare with me. 2 years ago I bought a like new craftsman snowblower from some older folks near by.I was going to give it to my son for his yard but his farther inlaw was in despirate need of a blower as well.He was shoveling a 275 foot yard by hand so I sold it to him very cheep I actually lost $200.00 on the deal but they are very poor and I knew he needed one.
Today my daughter inlaw asked me if I knew why his blower was blowing flames from the exhaust. I said well not really too much fuel? flooded?. I work on chainsaws some and I am the only one she knew that knew anything about engines so she asked me for help. Plus I figure he has no money for a repair shop, I saw this snow blower this fall sitting outside on thier mess of a front lawn uncovered( pretty rough outfit). I asked my son and he told me yep that is where it sets till winter then he uses it.
I did a quick search on google and a couple of things come up, 1) carb / fuel pump issue maybe or 2) stuck / broken exhaust valve or valve guide or 3) cracked engine block near the exhaust valve.
I am already a little nervous about this unit, like I said I work on saws 2 cycle engines not 4 cycle engines.I cannot remember the hp of the engine probably 4 or 5 hp.I do not have the blower here yet. If you had to hazzard a guess what may be the likely cause of this problem? I dont know if there is fuel in the block or not like I said I dont have it here yet.Thanks for any help or advice Jeff