Commercial Snow Blowers

MTD Snow-blower runs for about 10 Min's., stalls and won't restart until engine is completely cooled?

I have a MTD walk behind that runs for about 10 minutes and it seems that after the engine gets hot that it just stalls out and will not restart until the engine is completely cooled. I tune it up each year, the plug is new as well as the full filter inside the tank. This year I did try running a synthetic 50:1 mix through it when I noticed the problem, so I removed it and replaced new mix and gas.....almost seems like its loosing the prime, but unsure. The blower doesn't smoke when running.....it has electric start that I use to first start it......I'm just at a lose, done everything that I can think of.....engine repair isn't my strongest point......thanks for any help you all can offer.

Public Comments

  1. is the gas cap vent clean? if they plug up, it will stall the engine.
  2. Take off the air filter and you should see the opening for the carburator and the choke. The choke is sticking closed. Open it up and it should run fine then. Spray a little carb cleaner in there and move the choke back and forth, should help.
  3. There is a screen in the fuel tank that may be plugging otherwise new points and condenser
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