How To Maintain and Store Your Snowblower
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2020
- How To Properly Prepare Your Ariens Snowblower For Storage.
Maintaining and Storing a Snowblower
Adding fuel stabilizers to fresh gas cans Is important to keep the gas from going bad throughout the winter season.
Adding fuel stabilizer prevents your gas from breaking down and turning into varnish-like gunk that can clog your tank, injectors, fuel lines.
Maintaining and Storing a Snowblower
The gas we use today has ethanol in it. Ethanol gas is hygroscopic and absorbs water, and oxidizes when it reacts to the oxygen inside the tank. Fuel stabilizer absorbs moisture in the tank.
Look, I realize a lot of folks do not do a lot when it comes to maintaining and storing a snowblower. While NOT recommended, If you choose to do nothing to your snowblower at least add a stabilizer and fresh gas to your snowblower. Make sure to top off the fuel leaving no room in the tank for water to condense and collect over the warm weather months. Run the engine for at least five minutes to blend throughout the fuel system, then close the fuel valve, if equipped, and allow the engine to stop on its own. If the engine is electronic fuel injected (EFI), simply turn the ignition key to the off position.
Drain The Fuel From Snow Blower
A better approach to maintaining and storing a snowblower at the end of the snow-blowing season is to drain the gas.
THE BEST PRACTICE is to always drain the tank completely. Siphon or pump the gas out and run the engine until it stalls.
To drain the tank, siphon or pump the gas out and run the engine until it stalls.
If your snowblower has a carburetor you can open the drain plug at the bottom of the bowl and drain the remaining gas.
Maintaining and Storing a Snowblower
Lubricate Your Snow Blower
Failure to properly lubricate your snowblower will ensure that your unit will rust and eventually fail. Additionally, rust on the axles can prevent the wheels from being removed and make it WAY MORE difficult to lubricate the pinion shaft or remove the rear cover.
Prior to lubricating your snowblower remove the key and disconnect the sparkplug.
Tilt your snowblower onto the front of the housing, this is called the service position. Remove the snap clips from each wheel axle and remove the wheels. Use care not to lose the key on the wheel axle. This key holds the wheel from spinning freely.
Maintaining and Storing a SnowblowerRemove the six bolts holding the bottom cover to expose the chain and gears. Once the bottom cover is removed clean and lubricate the chain, gears, pinion shaft, and axles. [See steps below] Do not allow grease to contact the friction disc or drive pulley. I use a rag or shop towels to cover the traction drive pulley.
Maintaining and Storing a Snowblower
When done reinstall the cover and return the snowblower to its operating position and then remove the two shear pins. Once the pins are removed lubricate the grease fittings and spin the two augers to distribute the grease. Reinstall the shear pins.
Maintaining and Storing a Snowblower
Snowblower Lubrication Steps:
Rotate the chain and apply a light oil to the links around the pinion gear and wipe excess oil from the chain when complete.
Spread a thin layer of grease on the gears
Spread a thin layer of grease along the hex shaft, gears, and axle shafts.
Rotate gears to spread grease
Pump grease into the end of the pinion shaft grease fitting
Apply light oil to the axle ends.
Grease the axle shaft and apply some grease in the keyway, it helps hold the key in place while reinstalling the wheel maintaining and Storing a Snowblower
Reinstall the bottom cover
Reinstall the wheels over the axle and axle keyway key.
Rotate the unit into the operating position
Remove the shear bolts from the augers and pump grease into the auger shaft grease fittings.
Turn the augers by hand to spread grease along the auger shafts and reinstall the shear bolts.
Maintaining and Storing a Snowblower
Change The Snow Blower Oil
This isn’t necessarily critical maintaining and storing a snowblower, however, if you didn’t change the oil this season, it’s best to get it done now.
Remove the oil drain plug and allow the oil to drain for a few minutes. Reinstall the drain plug and tighten the plug. Fill engine with the manufacturer’s recommended oil type and volume and reinstall the oil fill cap.
Change The Spark Plug
When it’s time to conduct pre-season routine maintenance, it is recommended to replace the spark plug or at least removing, inspecting, and cleaning it before the first use of the season. Some folks wait two years prior to changing out the spark plug.
Store Your Snow Blower
Once all these steps are complete you can rest easy knowing your snow blower will be ready to go in come winter. Remember to store your snowblower to a cool, dry protected area.
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HI, I'm the guy that does not maintain my snow blower, i just brought an Ariens 24 deluxe so i will follow your maint instructions. Thanks for the Tips.
Yeah I know tons of people that do absolutely nothing and then they cry when they have to cough out another $1,000 for a Good snow blower. I honestly don't do as much as you showed here. I drain the tank and burn out the fuel. I change the oil about 3-4 years if I remember lol. I have a 20+ year old 12hp yard king. It's a beast. The body is starting to rust, nothing I can do about it. It'll rust out before anything. I'll save the motor though.
I’m really loving these little small tips videos! Some of these tips you’d assume everyone knows but you know what happens when you assume. Great info, great content and very well delivered. Thanks Rob!
I learned a simple lesson with my first lawnmower when I was 22: spending 20 minutes on "winterizing" it would have saved 3 hours of troubleshooting and deep cleaning in the spring. I still have the same lawnmower 10 years later, albeit a bit rusted because I didn't oil and grease it for the first few years. I just bought my first snowblower last year, and I'm going to treat it right from the start. Thank you!!
On my third winter with my Ego snowblower. Cleaned it off. Lubricated a few spots and folded it up and put it on the shelf. Costs about 15 cents to charge the two 7.5ah batts and it's ready to go on the first snowfall.
I`d like to add remove your spark plug and spray some fogging oil or put a couple teaspoons of motor oil in the hole then pull the starter cord a few times to coat the piston and wall. Then screw the plug back in.
Peter great storage tip
Just moved from California to Colorado, never had a snowblower before this year. This is a very helpful video, I’ll be taking your advice. Thanks so much!
Thanks. Perfect timing for this video. Getting ready to put my Cub Cadet away for the summer.
Here in Vermont, I have access to the non-ethanol premium that's imported from Canada and I run it in all of my small engine equipment. one, Honda 1132 Snowblower, 2 John Deer lawn tractors, 2 pressure washers, and one push mower, and I've never had to use a fuel stabilizer. They've never failed to start in more than a couple of pulls, or cranks with the electric start equipment. I even use it in my Camaro which gets stored every Winter. But as far as all or your other tips, absolutely.
Great bunch of tips, but it varies by model and brand. Honda with tracks, not wheels. "Electric" by plugging in, or standard pull-start. Until it hits 10 degrees below, it starts by hand like a dream. (Hey. It's Alaska). The owner's manual has what i needed, as do most, I imagine. Using Sta-bil but not filling tank all the way, or shutting off valve and running engine till stalls, so I'll do that. Don't remember a zerk fitting on auger, so gonna check, now. I like these short tip videos.
leif Jenkinson it does.... look up your owners manual and go thru the storage requirements for the track
Your channel is 1 of the most influential channel that i subbed to
Always helps to keep your equipment in excellent condition 👍
Rob, that was a great bunch of tips, what ever happened to the Milwaukee cordless framer review thanks keep up the great work Donald
Donald Costello not ready yet
I do it all except remove the shear bolt and spin the auger, great tip. I even use the M12 grease gun, very handy tool.
@A Concord Carpenter. Thanks Rob for the tips. I should get to this now before mosquito season.
Hope you and your family stay safe and well.
Could you show us how you built that shed? That’s the exact image of what I’m wanting to build in my yard
Dude your snowblower must run mint, like the day you bought it!!
😷🍻🥃 I do that every season down here in Florida the snow just likes the fly down here haha what's good to know if I had a snowblower thank you and keep it up that sounded so wrong
@KONAMAN Studio. Dang! Now I have to remember to bring my snowblower with me when I move South! 😄 I guess if we are next door neighbors you'll understand 😅
Hope you and your family stay safe and well.
Not ready to put my snowblower away yet, it snowed here in Detroit two days ago.
Thank you very much!
Great tips!
Thanks Rob It was a good reminder to get this done.
Great video Rob. I need to do that this weekend.
Great tips. Did not know these things. Great videos keep up the good work.
I start my snowblower up all year long to make sure it never sits. I also start my leaf blowers and mower up during the winter.
awesome
Hey, thanks for this! I did the oil and gas last week but I totally forgot, its been two years since I did the hex shaft lube on my toro and i better have a look at the chain. (though gotta be careful not to use much oil because of friction plate drive)
Ted Cook wipe off the oil and put something under chain to catch drops!!
Will do. Thanks again.
What happens to the oil in the crankcase when tipping forward to the service position?
Help!!! On my snowblower friction wheel shaft, if the smallest gear is in place, the wheels won't turn. If I move it aside, then the wheels turn. Put back in place, it won't move again. All gears are complete with no teeth broken. I have wracked my brain and it doesn't make sense to me. What am I doing wrong? Every gear moves until that smallest gear is put back in place. Please advise..
Theres an underneath on my snowblower? 😬🤔😂
3 years of using. Not even a thought to figure out how to look underneath.
I only half neglect this beast I guess. I may yank it out of storage (pita it will be) and juice her up.
I just run it every month, the first of the month. Keeps fresh gas in it always.
You should always run premium (91oct or more) in small engines. There is no ethanol in premium fuel. Only 87 and 89 have up to 10% ethanol. Thus no moisture in fuel.
I've always filled my motorcycles to the brim and added seafoa...there's zero room for condensation that way.
The reason you're "supposed to" change oil before storing it, is because the used oil becomes acidic. Not sure how much it really matter in a small engine or not.