Hey all, my auger is just over 3 years old. For the most part, runs great. Flies through the ice and has been pretty dependable. Just wondering if anybody else is having any of the issues I've had:
So, my issues started last year when my auger would bog down every once in a while towards the end of a hole. Tried new fuel, etc, turned out to be the air vent was clogged at teh bottom... poked it a few times with a needle, no more issues. Also, towards the end of last season, the off switch quit working. So for the remainder of the season, I was choking it to kill it.
Took it to a shop at the beginning of the season to get the switch repaired - ended up being a wire issue. When I get home, I'll double-check to see what else they did, if they adjusted the carb or not. Was running great for about 6 weeks, now the last few times out, I've noticed that it's been a bit harder to start, and it's idling at a higher rpms (the auger actually will spin if you lift it off the ice, never quite idles) and the thing is FLYING through the ice. To the point I'm a little worried I'm going to burn it out. Do I need to get it re-adjusted? Or will it be ok... I'm digging how fast it's going through, but just a bit worried.
Also, anybody else have like a oily-greasy residue that builds on the silver shaft part? I don't think it's oil, I would think I could smell the gas... but I'm not a gear-head by any means.
And not to turn this into a ethanol/pure gas issue... every tank has been run with non-ethanol 91 octane gasoline with seafoam and amsoil sabre, originally at 50:1, now down to 80:1.
