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

It may be a good idea to check the bowl on your carburetor and see if you have this neat little drain that some or perhaps all Snow King engines have.  It's called a "bowl drain" and is very useful if you like to remove all the fuel from the carb when it sits unused.  You can actually turn off the fuel valve, if so equipped, run your engine until it dies, but there is still fuel left at the bottom of the bowl.  In fact, it's where everything collects, even water or condensation.  All you have to do is press the bowl drain, which is a spring loaded valve, and out comes any residual fuel, completely draining the bowl.  If your machine doesn't have it, I'd have it installed.

Also, yet again, I've run into an old timer OPE engine mechanic.  When I mentioned my surging problem, as all old timers do, he told me to get some Marvels Mystery Oil and it'll help with that problem, in addition to water contamination in your fuel.  So the first thing I did was go to the internet to investigate his claims.  As the name suggests, this stuff must really be a mystery, because I can't find a darn thing about what it actually does.  (Folks, we need a smiley guy that looks like he is scratching his head)