I bought a brand new Snowmaster 724 QXE last October.
Today I had to use it for the first time. I put a new spark plug in it, changed the oil, and put fresh gas in it (I made sure to buy the Toro 5w30 oil and buy the correct spark plug, along with setting the gap according to the manual specifications). When I fire it up, it will idle fine if I put the choke around 50% or slightly more...give or take. However, whenever I close the choke completely and run it full throttle, the engine won't stop surging like in this video
This isn't my video, but a pretty accurate representation of what's happening.
Is this normal for a Toro Snowmaster? It seems to go away (a little but not fully) under a full snow load but it just seems like it shouldn't be doing this. I don't recall hearing other people's gas snowblowers running like this as "normal".
Anyone else out there with this or a similar model that could shed some light on what is and is not normal for this model? I'm not an engine guy by any stretch of the imagination. If the hard drive in your desktop computer dies, I'm your guy. But small engines? I wouldn't know the first thing to troubleshoot.
Today I had to use it for the first time. I put a new spark plug in it, changed the oil, and put fresh gas in it (I made sure to buy the Toro 5w30 oil and buy the correct spark plug, along with setting the gap according to the manual specifications). When I fire it up, it will idle fine if I put the choke around 50% or slightly more...give or take. However, whenever I close the choke completely and run it full throttle, the engine won't stop surging like in this video
This isn't my video, but a pretty accurate representation of what's happening.
Is this normal for a Toro Snowmaster? It seems to go away (a little but not fully) under a full snow load but it just seems like it shouldn't be doing this. I don't recall hearing other people's gas snowblowers running like this as "normal".
Anyone else out there with this or a similar model that could shed some light on what is and is not normal for this model? I'm not an engine guy by any stretch of the imagination. If the hard drive in your desktop computer dies, I'm your guy. But small engines? I wouldn't know the first thing to troubleshoot.