Gotta love machinery! Hey, if you dont already, you should mix some of that Startron ethanol treatment stuff in the gas for your small engines. Every small engine me or my father has that we have not run that in, has had carberator problems. Absolutley zero issues with any of them since we started using that. I have an Ariens tiller thats older than I am, that I inherited from my father, and it always fires up. One pull with the choke to prime, second pull starts it. Some guys say that stuff doesnt work, I say the proof is in the pudding. I dont bother with high octane (which is a farce in small engines IMO) or ethanol free gas. A bottle of Startron is $10 at wally world and it treats well over 100 gallons. Alot less expensive than higher octane or ethanol free gas.