Cub cadet snow blower won't start up 

Thank you very. After much frustration and dealer telling me to bring to shop, your video helped me start it, finally. I removed and cleaned carburetor and confirmed spark. Gas was new. Still no start. 2021 24” HD 2 X

Every Year I have problems, with a Craftsman. Doesn’t matter if I run the tank down, the way it’s designed fuel always remains in the tank. I’ve even restored to tipping the blower over, and pulling the outer plug on the Carburetor Bowl, to drain everything. During the late Fall I fill the tank, and put Two Tablespoons of either Seafoam or Gumout in the tank. Prime, Full Choke, and Start. If it won’t continue to run. I push the Primer Bulb, once each time it starts to stall. Usually after a while it will run on Full Choke, if not a Piece of Tape, place a piece of foam rubber over the Primer Bulb, and close the Hole off. After it will run without the Choke, and Primer Bulb blocked. I slowly ease the Auger on, and Drive Wheels on. After it is running good, I do an Oil Change as there’s a chance the Oil was slightly diluted with Gasoline, leaking past the rings, from running too rich.

I watched your video. You said the gas in it was a year old. More than likely, there was water in the gas which settles at the bottom of the tank since water is heavier than gas and all your attempts at starting the engine with ether (starting fluid) finally purged the water out until it finally started. I also noticed the augers were turning without the engagement lever being down. Very dangerous. It would appear you need to adjust the auger cable. Hope you don't mind my comments.

Yay! A success!!!

If you own a Cub Cadet you will have carb issues. Snowblowers sit so long the carbs gun up and wont start. Not to difficult to clean the carb. Takes about 1/2 hr - 1 hr to do the dirty deed. Cub Cadets = Carb issues at some point. We drain the float and add a gas additive before storage. So far it has done the trick. When they run they work great. We bought our Cub Cadet because it was cheap , with the understanding we would do our own maint and expecting to do it often since it is a China made POS. We have the trac snoblower and so far so good. The Hondas are much better machines at twice the cost. So your Granpa was right. Buy cheap = Buy twice. HHHAAAHAHA!! We also own an Arien and it always is having problems with the linkage and all kinds of weird shit happens with that one. So it isnt just the Cub Cadet. Between the two of them we get er done. Glad you got yours running.

The first clue was when you fed it some starting fluid and it started indicated that a lot was working. You had compression, spark and the timing was right. That leaves no gas. Could be junk in the carburetor from ethanol in gas or water in the carburetor. Also, you you use much too much starting fluid. Only need a short squirt or two.

Take your carburetor off and clean it fuel pick up his block

good video but like on most small engines, the starting process is always gas on, full throttle, full choke.

I have exactly the same one. Bought it in 2016.

I always empty my fuel tank and let it run until the machine stall no more gas is left in the carburetor for summer storage. At fall I put fresh gas in it start first pull.