Auger Troubleshooting

[umoguy]

Any small engine experts out there? I've got an old eskimo, has run, cut, and started great. At the end of the season this year it started cutting out on me whenever I gave it the gas too quickly. Began starting hard as well as I couldn't just hold the gas full throttle and yank on her. Problems started on a long trip up north where the auger took a good pounding over the roads (gas tank spring actually broke, she's held on with a toilet flush chain right now). Could the carb just need adjustment or should I look at rebuilding it? Something else all together?

[Westerly]

I'm no expert, but when my old Eskimo was doing the same thing last year I completely dismantled the carb, cleaned everything up nice, put it all right back together again (no new parts), reset the adjustments and it ran like a champ again.  One word of advise though - don't do it on the kitchen table.  Thought I had everything covered up, but the cleaner still took some finish off in places and I landed in some hot water.  Also, I lost that tank spring years ago and replaced it with some 3/8 bungee material that hooks right over the original spring anchors.  Not quite as solid, but it works alright.  Good luck!

[Skidda]

Throw it away and buy a Jiffy

[mainedukblaster]

your carb adjustments shifted, get some amsoil sabre 100:1 (from amsoil.com, or find the local guy in your area on the website) and find the adjustment instructions for your eskimo, and go with it...  I have the instructions for a jiffy adjustments, but not eskimo.  use a new plug..  it will be all right..   8)

[LilBadger]

I also have an Old Eskimo also and have had the same problem, but could drill holes fine at my house on a personal pond but after transporting it to local lakes it would die out on me.

[Corso]

the old eskimo's were always like that...I remember being young and going w/my uncle,father and having the exact same thing happen as lilbadger typed...were sooooo much more advanced in the auger action now(Jiffy)