Poorly stored fuel is the top cause of a hard-starting or non-starting snowblower. This is true of all seasonal equipment, but fuel storage for snowblowers is especially important because even during the winter months, your fuel can sit for weeks or longer, depending on the weather. Most snowblower engines are simple. They are typically a…
Fall is a busy time of year for power equipment. Mowers, weed trimmers, leaf blowers, chainsaws and other small-engine machinery are in heavy service, sometimes right up until the first snowflakes fly. But when the grass stops growing and every last leaf has fallen, yard equipment needs to be made ready for winter storage —…
Whether it’s the first mow of the season or the last mow before storage, it’s frustrating when your lawn mower is hard to start or won’t start at all. The good news is that most of the time, lawn mower problems are the result of dirty components or poor fuel storage; sometimes both. Luckily, these…
Hard starting, rough idling and poor performance can plague any ATV after years of use. This is especially true if your machine sits unused for long periods of time or is run with old fuel or poor fuel blends. Whether your quad is carbureted or fuel injected, two stroke or four stroke, harmful deposits can,…
With the snow gone and the days getting warmer, you might have already made your snow blower a distant memory. But not so fast—if you want that machine to work as it should when you need it most next winter, you’ll want to make sure you prepare it properly for the offseason. The common problems—not…
There’s nothing worse after the first snowfall of winter than dragging out your snowblower for the first time in months, giving the starter cord a yank and… nothing. You pull again and again, but it just won’t fire up. The first snow is not the best time to find out whether your snowblower runs without…
“That can of Sea Foam was able to fix our go-kart and provided us irreplaceable childhood memories.” Check out Josh S. in NE’s GREAT #SeaFoamWorks memory: About 20 years ago, my mom bought a used go-kart for me and my younger brother to ride around our grandparents’ farm while we stayed for the summer. The…
Avoid these common maintenance mistakes to ensure a long and useful life for your chainsaw. After 20 years at the helm of power equipment sales and service business Minneapolis Saw, Jeff Englar has seen pretty much everything that can go wrong with a chainsaw. Though Minneapolis Saw also sells and services lawnmowers, tillers, leaf blowers,…
