Commercial Snow Blowers

My MTD yardmachine snow blower (179cc, 24 inch w/ electric start) won't start?

I bought it new last year and used during the winter to clear snow. It turned off towards the end of last winter, so I assumed it ran out of gas and didn't need to use it after (I did not put in any fuel stabilizer), so I simple put it away. When I pulled it out this year I initially put in stale gas (~6 month old) & and over filled oil (gas & oil are separate) this season and it didn't start. I have since tried numerous things like use the electric starter instead of pull cord, siphoned out all the stale gas and replaced with fresh one, drained the oil to proper level, replaced the spark plug. I tried spraying starting fluid in the spark plug hole and it seemed to fire up for like a 1/2 second. It still doesn't start. What more can I try? Also I forgot to mention when I press the primer bulb all I can hear and feel is air i.e. no fuel being primed.

Public Comments

1. check for a fuel shut off if its on take the air cleaner off and spray starting fluid in the carb.(with choke off) if it doesnt stay running keep repeating the process til the carb gets cleaned of what ever is in there. If it doesnt start with the starting fluid make sure the engine isnt flooded check if spark plug if wet. If it starts and still will not stay running take the bulb on the bottom of the carb off. it should be filled with fuel. and there should be a float in there and with it pushed down fuel should come out of it and stop when pushed up. this will let you know if you have a fuel problem