Symptoms

A snowblower that won’t start most often has old gasoline in it — that ranking is Toro’s technical service department’s, not this site’s — and whether the fault turns out to be fuel or spark, the part is the small half of the bill: a spark plug is $4.99, and the ten cheapest carburetor overhaul…

Before anything else: when you pull the rope or turn the key, does the engine turn over? That single observation splits this problem in half, and the two halves have nothing to do with each other. Thumbtack’s national range for a mower that won’t start is $105–$256. Several causes on the manufacturer’s own list are…