Toro 824 Power Max OE (year 2019) help

[artching]

I have a 2019 Toro 824 Power Max OE; model number 37798 that I was using the other day and it stopped on me and now wont start. I have had the snow blower for 2 winters and used it very sparingly. The last time I ran it was about 9 months ago and it ran fine. I made a few mistakes in my storage and then readying of the machine this past year. First I didn't drain the gas and there was likely a 1/2 tank in there for the 9 months. My second mistake was when I put in old gas (6-7months old) to top off the tank about a month ago.

It surprisingly started up well when needed this past weekend but quickly it started to sound as if it was misfiring without a constant engine output. I pushed through and used it for about 5-10 min before this inconsistent and progressively weaker sounding engine stopped. Since then I haven't been able to get it started.

So far I have:

Drained the gas and emptied the carburetor
Put in new fuel

I tried to start it a handful of times without success. I have looked at the spark plug and it does appear to be oily or gas saturated, so does the exhaust pipe area.


Any help or ideas are appreciated,

Art

 

[Rivets]

Try spraying some carb cleaner directly into the cylinder and see if it will fire. If it pops, but doesn’t stay running, I bet you will have to remove the carb and give it a good cleaning. Probably all gummed up jets.

 

[Fox12]

If you can get it, use only ethanol-free gasoline for your small engines like I do. I have to travel into the next county to get ethanol-free gasoline, but it's worth the trips. I add stabilizer into the gas can before filling it. I run our snow blower out of fuel each spring plus drain the carb. bowl as well. I prep all of my small engines for storage the same way and never have I had a carb. jet fouling issue. My oldest engine is a Briggs on a chipper that I bought in 1989. It even starts on the first or second pull each time after I remove it from storage for service..

 

[bertsmobile1]

I have a 2019 Toro 824 Power Max OE; model number 37798 that I was using the other day and it stopped on me and now wont start. I have had the snow blower for 2 winters and used it very sparingly. The last time I ran it was about 9 months ago and it ran fine. I made a few mistakes in my storage and then readying of the machine this past year. First I didn't drain the gas and there was likely a 1/2 tank in there for the 9 months. My second mistake was when I put in old gas (6-7months old) to top off the tank about a month ago.

It surprisingly started up well when needed this past weekend but quickly it started to sound as if it was misfiring without a constant engine output. I pushed through and used it for about 5-10 min before this inconsistent and progressively weaker sounding engine stopped. Since then I haven't been able to get it started.

So far I have:

Drained the gas and emptied the carburetor
Put in new fuel

I tried to start it a handful of times without success. I have looked at the spark plug and it does appear to be oily or gas saturated, so does the exhaust pipe area.


Any help or ideas are appreciated,

Art

Get a new plug .
Once they start to break down they can usualy not come good again because the insulators are no longer glazed .