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

Well I decided on a blower finally. Was going to go with a Murray professional, but decided on the Ariens ST1332LE. Quite a nice machine and as you can see in the photo, a nice upgrade to my old one, which will be my backup machine. LET IT SNOW....................................

Breaking in the engine under those conditions are probably better for it than breezing along with 6" of fluff. The load will increase back pressure which goes a long way to properly seat the rings. Had you already performed the initial oil change? If not, I'd strongly recommend you do so now. I don't know for sure but these snow engines might have a compression release mechanism. I know that when I use the pull start to fire up my B&S snow engine on my 9528 Simplicity, it spins over too easy. I thought the engine might be limp dick too but once it's running and up to speed, it makes very good power. Considerably more than the two previous 10 h.p. Tecumseh engines I owned. My engine is the 305cc aluminum bore Snow Tek. It's supposed to be producing 9.5 h.p. If it's only making 9.5, those 10 h.p. Tecumseh's were only making seven or eight. B&S are a little weird regarding the way they rate their engines. I did a part for part comparison of the 305cc engines rated between 9.5 to 11 h.p. Not one part was different. So, I've come to the conclusion that either they're all 9.5 or all 11 h.p. engines. Has to be one or the other. My ""seat of the pants" dyno tells me that they're probably closer to 11 than 9.5.