Tecumseh engine on snowblower will not start

natenkiki2004 said:

The air intake will be the carb. Snowblowers don't have air filters, just an opening on the carb because the filters would get clogged with snow and there's very little dust in the winter time anyway. The carb is covered in a box so that the hot air coming off the engine warms the air that flows into the carb for combustion. This is to get the engine to run better with cold temps and also melt any snow that happens to get sucked in. Just do a spray or two up into that box but stand away from that area when you start it in case the engine backfires or something, you'll have a good flame

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natenkiki2004 said:

Hmmm, that would be the choke knob. I think it might be best to open it all the way, spray and then set it to half choke and try to start it.

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natenkiki2004 said:

How does that correlate with the problem you had on the first page?

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natenkiki2004 said:

Maybe you weren't pulling hard enough? Still, with a properly running engine and a couple of primes, pull starting even a 10hp engine shouldn't be that hard.

In any event, hopefully you've gained some knowledge and feel more confident with working on the engine. Glad it's working for you now, snow is coming :licking:

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