i have a hs 520 Honda snow thrower ,it used to be very easy to start(regular
pull start),I replaced the spark plug ,got it started after many
attempts.now I cant start it,the gas was in over summer i put gas stabilizer
in the tank,always worked for me before.It was not used so far this year
,(no snow) at wits end,Help. thanks

pacca wrote:
i have a hs 520 Honda snow thrower ,it used to be very easy to
start(regular pull start),I replaced the spark plug ,got it started
after many attempts.now I cant start it,the gas was in over summer i
put gas stabilizer in the tank,always worked for me before.It was not
used so far this year ,(no snow) at wits end,Help. thanks

Get all the old gas out and try it with fresh gas. It it still doesn't work, you
could let the fresh gas sit in it a couple days and try again, and/or prime it
by squirting a little fresh gas into the carb.

OTherwise, it could need a carb cleaning.

I never trusted that stabilizer, and just running it dry is cheaper.

"Bob F" wrote in message
...
pacca wrote:
i have a hs 520 Honda snow thrower ,it used to be very easy to
start(regular pull start),I replaced the spark plug ,got it started
after many attempts.now I cant start it,the gas was in over summer i
put gas stabilizer in the tank,always worked for me before.It was not
used so far this year ,(no snow) at wits end,Help. thanks

Get all the old gas out and try it with fresh gas. It it still doesn't
work, you could let the fresh gas sit in it a couple days and try again,
and/or prime it by squirting a little fresh gas into the carb.

OTherwise, it could need a carb cleaning.

I never trusted that stabilizer, and just running it dry is cheaper.

I have a Honda small tiller with their tiny 4 stroke engine. I have a
difficulty in starting and getting it to run on regular gas with 10%
alcohol. I now use only premium gas with NO alcohol in it, and it starts
every time. I would drain all the old gas out of your engine and replace
with premium alcohol free fuel, pull the cord a number of times if it won't
start, this will draw the new gas into it. Let it sit a couple of days and
then try again. If it is slow starting remove the plug and see if is wet or
dry. If wet dry it off and try again without choke. If dry, add a spoonful
of fuel into the sparkplug hole and replace the plug and try again.
Hopefully it will start now, but if this all fails, you may have to get the
carb. serviced.

On Jan 26, 2:48*pm, "EXT" wrote:
"Bob F" wrote in message

... pacca wrote:
i have a hs 520 Honda snow thrower ,it used to be very easy to
start(regular pull start),I replaced the spark plug ,got it started
after many attempts.now I cant start it,the gas was in over summer i
put gas stabilizer in the tank,always worked for me before.It was not
used so far this year ,(no snow) at wits end,Help. thanks

Get all the old gas out and try it with fresh gas. It it still doesn't
work, you could let the fresh gas sit in it a couple days and try again,
and/or prime it by squirting a little fresh gas into the carb.

OTherwise, it could need a carb cleaning.

I never trusted that stabilizer, and just running it dry is cheaper.

I have a Honda small tiller with their tiny 4 stroke engine. I have a
difficulty in starting and getting it to run on regular gas with 10%
alcohol. I now use only premium gas with NO alcohol in it, and it starts
every time. I would drain all the old gas out of your engine and replace
with premium alcohol free fuel, pull the cord a number of times if it won't
start, this will draw the new gas into it. Let it sit a couple of days and
then try again. If it is slow starting remove the plug and see if is wet or
dry. If wet dry it off and try again without choke. If dry, add a spoonful
of fuel into the sparkplug hole and replace the plug and try again.
Hopefully it will start now, but if this all fails, you may have to get the
carb. serviced.

What about shooting some starting fluid into the air inlet, that
almost always works to get it started and then the new gas should keep
it running.

On Jan 26, 4:00*pm, "
wrote:
On Jan 26, 2:48*pm, "EXT" wrote:





"Bob F" wrote in message

... pacca wrote:
i have a hs 520 Honda snow thrower ,it used to be very easy to
start(regular pull start),I replaced the spark plug ,got it started
after many attempts.now I cant start it,the gas was in over summer i
put gas stabilizer in the tank,always worked for me before.It was not
used so far this year ,(no snow) at wits end,Help. thanks

Get all the old gas out and try it with fresh gas. It it still doesn't
work, you could let the fresh gas sit in it a couple days and try again,
and/or prime it by squirting a little fresh gas into the carb.

OTherwise, it could need a carb cleaning.

I never trusted that stabilizer, and just running it dry is cheaper.

I have a Honda small tiller with their tiny 4 stroke engine. I have a
difficulty in starting and getting it to run on regular gas with 10%
alcohol. I now use only premium gas with NO alcohol in it, and it starts
every time. I would drain all the old gas out of your engine and replace
with premium alcohol free fuel, pull the cord a number of times if it won't
start, this will draw the new gas into it. Let it sit a couple of days and
then try again. If it is slow starting remove the plug and see if is wet or
dry. If wet dry it off and try again without choke. If dry, add a spoonful
of fuel into the sparkplug hole and replace the plug and try again.
Hopefully it will start now, but if this all fails, you may have to get the
carb. serviced.

What about shooting some starting fluid into the air inlet, that
almost always works to get it started and then the new gas should keep
it running.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You can try all the above suggestions. When that doesn't
work, buy a carb rebuild kit for $15, take the carb off,
disassemble it completely, clean with carb cleaner,
reassemble with the new gaskets, needle valves, etc.
Having a service manual is a good idea too.

In my experience, when you leave gas in it for a long time, it turns
to gunk and nothing short of the above is going to get it out of the
carb. Assuming you have spark, fuel flow to the carb, etc, a fouled
carb is the most likely culprit.
For some reason that I've never been able to figure out,
some carbs are particularly prone to this. I have a variety
of small engines, yet the Sears snowblower with a
Tecumseh engine is the one that gives me all the trouble.

wrote in message
...
For some reason that I've never been able to figure out,
some carbs are particularly prone to this. I have a variety
of small engines, yet the Sears snowblower with a
Tecumseh engine is the one that gives me all the trouble.

Sounds like a 5 KW generator I have. When I clean out the carb it will
start with 2 pulls for a long time. Then it starts taking more pulls. This
is even with the non alcohol gas and using Sta-bil in that gas.

It may be the small hole in the side of what looks like a brass bolt that
holds the float bowl on gets stopped up as it is very small. I missed that
the first time I cleaned the carb and it still would not start. Fellow at
work told me about that hole. So small it is easy to miss.

1) Take a remedial English class. Your writing is about 12 year old level.
2) What changed recently? Try put the old spark plug back in.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"pacca" wrote in message
...
i have a hs 520 Honda snow thrower ,it used to be very easy to start(regular
pull start),I replaced the spark plug ,got it started after many
attempts.now I cant start it,the gas was in over summer i put gas stabilizer
in the tank,always worked for me before.It was not used so far this year
,(no snow) at wits end,Help. thanks

On 1/26/2013 4:07 PM, wrote:
On Jan 26, 4:00 pm, "
wrote:
On Jan 26, 2:48 pm, "EXT" wrote:





"Bob F" wrote in message

... pacca wrote:
i have a hs 520 Honda snow thrower ,it used to be very easy to
start(regular pull start),I replaced the spark plug ,got it started
after many attempts.now I cant start it,the gas was in over summer i
put gas stabilizer in the tank,always worked for me before.It was not
used so far this year ,(no snow) at wits end,Help. thanks

Get all the old gas out and try it with fresh gas. It it still doesn't
work, you could let the fresh gas sit in it a couple days and try again,
and/or prime it by squirting a little fresh gas into the carb.

OTherwise, it could need a carb cleaning.

I never trusted that stabilizer, and just running it dry is cheaper.

I have a Honda small tiller with their tiny 4 stroke engine. I have a
difficulty in starting and getting it to run on regular gas with 10%
alcohol. I now use only premium gas with NO alcohol in it, and it starts
every time. I would drain all the old gas out of your engine and replace
with premium alcohol free fuel, pull the cord a number of times if it won't
start, this will draw the new gas into it. Let it sit a couple of days and
then try again. If it is slow starting remove the plug and see if is wet or
dry. If wet dry it off and try again without choke. If dry, add a spoonful
of fuel into the sparkplug hole and replace the plug and try again.
Hopefully it will start now, but if this all fails, you may have to get the
carb. serviced.

What about shooting some starting fluid into the air inlet, that
almost always works to get it started and then the new gas should keep
it running.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

You can try all the above suggestions. When that doesn't
work, buy a carb rebuild kit for $15, take the carb off,
disassemble it completely, clean with carb cleaner,
reassemble with the new gaskets, needle valves, etc.
Having a service manual is a good idea too.

In my experience, when you leave gas in it for a long time, it turns
to gunk and nothing short of the above is going to get it out of the
carb. Assuming you have spark, fuel flow to the carb, etc, a fouled
carb is the most likely culprit.
For some reason that I've never been able to figure out,
some carbs are particularly prone to this. I have a variety
of small engines, yet the Sears snowblower with a
Tecumseh engine is the one that gives me all the trouble.


I left stabilized gas in mine and it would not start. I took it to the
shop for repair. Pretty sure they cleaned up the carburator. Mechanic
I know who is expert also on small engines said some carburators have a
tendency for gas to evaporate leaving gunk behind. Also reading manual
fine print, it said not to use gas with alcohol which I did and that
might also have been detrimental to the seals. Now I run it dry at the
end of the season.

wrote:
On Jan 26, 2:48 pm, "EXT" wrote:
"Bob F" wrote in message

... pacca wrote:
i have a hs 520 Honda snow thrower ,it used to be very easy to
start(regular pull start),I replaced the spark plug ,got it started
after many attempts.now I cant start it,the gas was in over summer
i put gas stabilizer in the tank,always worked for me before.It
was not used so far this year ,(no snow) at wits end,Help. thanks

Get all the old gas out and try it with fresh gas. It it still
doesn't work, you could let the fresh gas sit in it a couple days
and try again, and/or prime it by squirting a little fresh gas into
the carb.

OTherwise, it could need a carb cleaning.

I never trusted that stabilizer, and just running it dry is cheaper.

I have a Honda small tiller with their tiny 4 stroke engine. I have a
difficulty in starting and getting it to run on regular gas with 10%
alcohol. I now use only premium gas with NO alcohol in it, and it
starts every time. I would drain all the old gas out of your engine
and replace with premium alcohol free fuel, pull the cord a number
of times if it won't start, this will draw the new gas into it. Let
it sit a couple of days and then try again. If it is slow starting
remove the plug and see if is wet or dry. If wet dry it off and try
again without choke. If dry, add a spoonful of fuel into the
sparkplug hole and replace the plug and try again. Hopefully it will
start now, but if this all fails, you may have to get the carb.
serviced.

What about shooting some starting fluid into the air inlet, that
almost always works to get it started and then the new gas should keep
it running.

For me, gasoline works just as well. Sometimes, after doing this a few
times, the carb finally gets flowing.

Stormin Mormon wrote:
1) Take a remedial English class. Your writing is about 12 year old
level. 2) What changed recently? Try put the old spark plug back in.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"pacca" wrote in message
...
i have a hs 520 Honda snow thrower ,it used to be very easy to
start(regular pull start),I replaced the spark plug ,got it started
after many attempts.now I cant start it,the gas was in over summer i
put gas stabilizer in the tank,always worked for me before.It was not
used so far this year ,(no snow) at wits end,Help. thanks

Take a remedial usenet class. Your posting is about an A..H... level.

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:00:03 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:


What about shooting some starting fluid into the air inlet, that
almost always works to get it started

My go-to tool. Keep the air filter off while starting.

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:14:36 -0500, "Ralph Mowery"
wrote:

It may be the small hole in the side of what looks like a brass bolt that
holds the float bowl on gets stopped up as it is very small. I missed that
the first time I cleaned the carb and it still would not start. Fellow at
work told me about that hole. So small it is easy to miss.


Attention on the Compound!

This "bolt" has a horizontal hole that passes through the bolt. This
is a small venturi (my guess), siphons fuel from the bowl - mixing air
at the carb throat.

Important:

This hole is ~ the size of a bristle from a wire brush. Pluck one an
clear the venturi - both sides - look through the hole for daylight.
Soak it for days; it will not run with the clog in the "bolt".

DO not use a rusted wire, but stainless to reduce chance a breakage.

Great point Ralph! Excellent.

On 1/26/2013 3:05 PM, pacca wrote:
I cant start it,the gas was in over summer i put gas stabilizer in the
tank,always worked for me before.

Using ethanol in small engines is the devil. It's time to
repair/replace the carburetor.

http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/a...WS03/707209887

On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:26:45 -0500, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

1) Take a remedial English class. Your writing is about 12 year old level.

Chris, you really need some pussy, dude.

2) What changed recently? Try put the old spark plug back in.

Why?!