On Aug 29, 7:17*pm, axolotl wrote:
I acquired a snowblower. Vintage, as they say on Ebay. It runs, so I am
not inclined to rebuild the carb or otherwise mess with it. Does anyone
have experience with Seafoam or other magic elixirs in small engines?

Kevin Gallimore

I use Yamaha "Ring Free" addative in my 225HP 2-stroke outboard. It is
supposed to stop carbon build up and stuck rings. It does seem to
work.

I had an old snowblower with a flat head (valve in block) B&S engine.
Because of the flat head the cylinder head was easy to remove so I
pulled it just for the heck of it. There was fairly heavy carbon
especially around and on the valves. I ran a "shock" treatment of Ring
Free and pulled the head again. The carbon was cleaned up pretty darn
good.

Only downside is the price of the stuff but considering the price of a
new O/B it's cheap insurance.

Steve P.