newtonian

I didn't get too far with trying to get this engine going.  The inside of the fuel tank looks like barnacles, the carb bowl is also encrusted.  The oil, visible through the dipsticjk hole, is jelled.  Gas wouldn't flow from the carb even with the line detached.  This old motor is in for a major teardown and it won't be by me.

Was looking at engines from Harbor Freight.  Anyone tried one on a snowblower?

The chassis and frame look darned good.  My only concern is the small solid chained tires.  Will they cut it in use?

Title asks it all.


SNowblower hasn't been run in 19 years and engine looks hopeless.  The chassis looks darned good.


What's a good candidate replacement engine model to power it?

You're probably right about the gunk coming from the fuel valve area.  It was run dry last spring, but the tank had some fuel.

I would like to clean the carb up a bit in case there's more crud in there I missed.  It's nothing more than an ounce of prevention.  The carb is either a 590907 or 798918 Ruixing.  Been looking online for guidance cleaning that specific model... does it exist?

Also, the fuel bowl has a tail on the outside that lined up with the fuel inlet.  The inside of the bowl is uniform all around.  On the Tecumseh bowl alignment is important, is it on the Ruixing?

Techron, SeaFoam or Stabil?

Wow..  Same darned thing the next year (almost to the day!) and I thought I did it right.

Last fall I added Stabil to 1/2 tank of fuel and let the carb run dry and stall the engine before storing it.

This year, it started right up and thought I was set to go, but it stalled as soon as there was a load.  Repeatedly.  Then after idling a long time tried again and it went a bit further and died under load.  Impossible to start again.

Took off the plastic shroud covers, removed the spark plug and it was dry.  Removed the fuel line at the carb and it flowed well.  Removed bowl and found a little soggy rice like crud.  Cleaned the small orifices in the bowl nut I think that was the problem), ran some fuel through the bowl-less carb to check flow, put it back together and it started right up and went to work.

Thankful for boards like this that teach the average Joe what to do at times like that. 



I do want to give the carb a deeper cleaning, but haven't been able to find a model number to guide me along.  It's this exact engine:

http://www.briggsandstratton.com/us/en/engines/snow-blower-engines/1150-series-pf
I believe the part number for the engine is 08200811.

Any help identifying the carb appreciated, along with advice for anything I should be doing at this time.  I never did find the service manual for this engine, either.  Does one exist?



Should the bowl be removed and cleaned in the spring after it's run dry and before it goes into summer storage?

Its one great machine when it's running!

It's a new, well now it's a year old, snowblower that's never seen snow.  

I guess I can postpone the above recommendations for awhile and just enjoy it if it ever snows around here again.

Can a fuel filter be added?

Thanks.