Made A Mistake With The Snowblower Or Not

[c3po]

I have a HondaHS928 Snowblower, I went out to the shed and put some gas in it, I rolled it out in the disengage position.

I then pushed the lever between choke and slow a few times, dumb thing to do.

I started it up in the choke position and warmed up the transmission fluid by squeezing the drive lever.

I went to put it in drive and it would not go, realized I needed to flip the lever to engage the transmission.

I put it in drive and go down to the driveway and start blowing snow, I realize it is still on choke, so I move it off choke but it barely has any power, I let it warm up for a few minutes but the same thing, so I just put it on choke and finish blowing the driveway.

Obviously I should have put the trans in the engage position 1st.

Then I should have moved the lever to choke instead of going back and forth between choke and slow, thought I was priming it.

I then should have let it warm up for a few minutes.

When I pulled it into the shed and put the throttle lever in the fast position she ran slower, in the choke position she ran fine.

Maybe I need to adjust the throttle lever, any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[posty]

Fill the tank, add some dry gas. You may need to adjust the carb.

 

[doitmyself]

c3po,

I don't think you made any mistakes by pushing the throttle lever between slow and choke. All it should do is open/close the throttle plate inside the carburetor.

The problem sounds like the throttle linkage cable is out of adjustment. At choke, it is actually on fast? You need to check the throttle cable, starting where it attaches to the control lever, and follow it to where it attaches to the carb throttle lever. Maybe it has slipped where it attaches at either end....most common at the carb end where a set screw holds it.

Or, sometimes the cable binds inside the sleeve and the cable actually bends somewhere, in effect making it shorter.

Set the speed lever to choke, then look where it attaches at the carb. The throttle lever at the carb should be pushed all the way open and be hitting a metal stop of some sort.

Wish I had pictures to show you the carb end.


Regarding dry gas (HEET)......don't use it if your fuel is E10...you don't want to increase the fuel alcohol content any higher. Use a non-alcohol additive IF you think that is a problem.

 

[c3po]

Originally Posted By: doitmyself
c3po,

I don't think you made any mistakes by pushing the throttle lever between slow and choke. All it should do is open/close the throttle plate inside the carburetor.

The problem sounds like the throttle linkage cable is out of adjustment. At choke, it is actually on fast? You need to check the throttle cable, starting where it attaches to the control lever, and follow it to where it attaches to the carb throttle lever. Maybe it has slipped where it attaches at either end....most common at the carb end where a set screw holds it.

Or, sometimes the cable binds inside the sleeve and the cable actually bends somewhere, in effect making it shorter.

Set the speed lever to choke, then look where it attaches at the carb. The throttle lever at the carb should be pushed all the way open and be hitting a metal stop of some sort.

Wish I had pictures to show you the carb end.


Regarding dry gas (HEET)......don't use it if your fuel is E10...you don't want to increase the fuel alcohol content any higher. Use a non-alcohol additive IF you think that is a problem.


Thanks for the advice, I was kind of thinking about a linkage adjustment.

When I 1st put the lever where it needed to be, it was down on power and when I put it in gear meaning the trans it kind of bogged.

It looks like it will be another week before any snow, so I will get out and check the linkage on the carburetor.