Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Hi everyone,

I wonder if I have a problem with the governor of my Ariens 11528LE (equipped with the Techumseh snow king OHV). When the snow is lite or in small quantities, the snowblower throws it 40-50 feet away without any problem but when the snow is wet or more compact, the blower can't throw it any farther than 20 feet even in first gear with 6 inches of snow in half of the bucket. I understand that blowing 6 inches of wet snow is not as easy as blowing one inch on lite snow but beleive me, there is really a problem if I compare with other blowers I have used in the past. In fact, nothing indicates me that the governor is working since the sound of the engine remains the same even if the demands is higher. If I'm not extremely 'polite' with the machine the snow tends to jam in the impeller and everything stops. It feels like it is really underpowered.

Note that when I operate the blower, the choke is off and it is always to full throttle.

Thanks for your advices and since I'm a french speaker, I apologize if there are any mistakes in the text.

Maxime

If the engine rpm does not change under load then the governor is probably working correctly. It sounds like you could have a belt slippage problem. If the governor wasn't working properly the engine would 'bog' when it ran into a heavy load.

Jake...

 i would also check the belts.  first off under the belt cover you will see an idler pulley.  this is usually on the outside of belt and when lever is pressed down this idler pushes in on belt.  2 ways to adjust.  first the idler arm should have a slot that the carriage bolt going thru idler pulley bolts to.  can do some adjustment there.  of course second is to adjust the auger cable.   good luck

It could also be a problem of not going fast enough. When I first got my blower I wondered why it wasn't throwing the wet slushy stuff to far. Gearing down didn't help, I got frustrated, put it into 6th and intended to take it back to the garage. I let it down into the snow, the engine roared and the snow flew. If the belt is slipping you should be able to hear it squeal, even if you can't check the belt.