On Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 10:02:40 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 18:00:27 -0800 (PST), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 7:49:28 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 18:25:16 -0500, Stormin Mormon
wrote:

On 1/23/2016 2:44 PM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
12 HP Honda single - BCS walkbehind, single-stage snowblower attachment.

Crude as it is, this thing has always been something of a beast....
chewing it's way through all kinds of stuff.

Had it out for a couple hours today in 18-24" of the white and fluffy...
and it seems to me like it's only putting out maybe 1/2 or 2/3 of it's
usual power.

Along with that, something has frozen in the throttle linkage so it only
goes full-bore.... got it in the garage thawing out right now.

Assuming the throttle linkage is a separate/unrelated issue, can anybody
suggest what I am looking for to explain the power loss ?

No smoke, so I am guessing I haven't broken a ring...

My first thoughts are to examine the simple
things. Air filter? Fuel filter? Water in
the fuel? Always inspect the spark plug.
Oil level full?

Online troubleshooting manual maybe out there
for you? Did you read your own manual that came
with the machine?
No air filter on snow blowers, generally

I'm glad you said "generally". ;-)

I don't like that this guy says "typically".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZnkiCDlXQk
If it has a "snowblower" engine it has no filter and has a preheat
box in it's place. B&S SnowKing is a good example, and the Techumseh
HS series another. The Honda and Yamerhammer blowers also have no
filter.


B&S SnowKing? I don't think that's a good example, since it doesn't exist.

Any blower with an air filter is highly likely to run poorly if at all
in "typical" winter weather while blowing snow.

I know...I was just playing around, but they (it?) are out there.

I look at some of the other videos that that guy did trying to figure
out what kind of snow blower that was. In another video he explained
how to adjust the auger *chain*.

One of the comments below the video read:

"John how about tips on a snow blower that was built in this century?"

Now that's funny!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnKZj-vxK-0