Eskimo z71 help

[Arcom]

Hey guys I need a little bit of help here. i have a 10inch z71 and i was out with it on saturday with a buddy. well after we had drilled our first couple of holes, the off switch wouldnt turn off the auger? i could have it idling and flip it fron ON to OFF without any changes, i later just had to power it off by giving it some gas while in choke. so today i went to have a look at it and now i notice its leaking a little bit of gas from the fuel line and wont even turn on anymore  overall it went from running fine saturday morning to not turning off and now is leaking gas. Im by no means an engine expert i was just woundering if maybe someone could give me a few suggestions as to where to begin with the this dilema...

[Kevin23]

On/off and gas leaking are not related. The on/off switch grounds out the coil and kills the plug. You can just pull the plug to shut off the engine if needed, no need to bog it down and flood the carb. I had an issue with my kill switch and ardsiam sent me a new one next-day mail via speedee. Leaking gas, where was it coming from? Fuel line is pretty generic.

[jopes]

The fuel line kit is really cheap from Eskimo. 

The fuel leak sounds like a seal on the carb is shot.  YOu either need a carb rebuild or order a new carb.  I did this for mine this year, take note. the carb is now non adjustable and needs to go to a service center to adjust the main jet.

the switch should be able to get one any place.

[Arcom]

Ok i cant tell exacly where it is leaking from all i know is there was a little bit of fuel near where you prime it. is it possible i just may have flooded it powering it down by giving it gas via the choke? i just tried it again and this time it started! i also just pulled spark plug this time to turn it off.

[Idahogator]

You can just pull the plug to shut off the engine if needed.

And yet another case of engaging the keyboard while the noodle is in neutral.   Think man, think, when the plug wire is removed the engine has no spark and stalls, so, please explain why it's necessary to pull the plug.  Oh, and be sure to do that with wet hands and let us know how you like getting jolted.   

[Rebelss]

No OPE or SME cert there, I would daresay. 

[Kevin23]

Plug wire. I was typing on my phone, sometimes the brain moves faster than the thumbs.

[JimQ]

and the fuel leak is probably the result of a saturated air filter from excessive priming.

Take the foam out, squeeze it in a rag a few times to get the fuel out.  Just don't prime so much to get her going.

Q

[lefty2053]

2 to 3 Primes is more then enough. I usually go with just 2 when I first start mine. Z51. After that I hardly ever use the prime bulb.