Picked up a free older 26 inch Mastercraft 8hp snowblower earlier tonight. It was advertised as not running but as soon as I got it home I tried it and it will start and run for about 5 seconds then stall out. I'm guessing what happened since we had a mild winter this past season, the machine sat in someone's garage all year with E10 fuel and the carb just got gummed up. Would old-fashoined carb cleaner spray help? The machine will need some going over, the gear selector doesn't seem to want to pull back all the way and the muffler despite looking solid sounds like it's burned right out
If anyone is interested I can take pics of it tomorrow
If anyone is interested I can take pics of it tomorrow