How to Clean a Carburetor on a Simplicity Snow Blower

Simplicity is a brand owned and operated by Briggs & Stratton, a manufacturer of small engines used in snow blowers, lawn mowers and other machinery. Your Simplicity snow blower is outfitted with a Briggs & Stratton engine assembly with a carburetor that may need to be cleaned to ensure a continuous, well-running state. Fortunately, you can clean your carburetor yourself without relying on the aid of a professional. Previous carburetor cleaning and troubleshooting experience is not required.

Socket wrench
Pan
Cloth
Carburetor cleaning solution
Wire brush

Instructions

- 1
  Power off the Simplicity snow blower. Allow it time to cool down.
- 2
  Locate the Simplicity snow blower's muffler. It will be found at the bottom left of the engine and has a number of bolts holding it in place. Remove these bolts with your socket wrench and slide off the muffler.
- 3
  Take the dipstick out of the Simplicity snow blower's gas tank. Remove the bolts on the gas tank as you did with the muffler, then slide the gas tank off.
- 4
  Begin operating on the now fully accessible carburetor. The bowl-shaped device will be found along the right side of the Simplicity snow blower's engine block. Position a pan or dish under the bottom of the carburetor bowl before proceeding.
- 5
  Loosen the nut on the bottom of the Simplicity snow blower's carburetor bowl with your socket wrench. Fuel and liquid will leak out. Allow it to collect in your pan.
- 6
  Remove the carburetor's nut. Twist off the loose carburetor bowl.
- 7
  Drop the carburetor nut into a bowl of carburetor cleaning solution and allow it to soak, then scrub it with a wire brush.
- 8
  Wipe the inside of the carburetor out with a cloth and the cleaning solution.
- 9
  Reassemble the carburetor, gas tank and muffler by following the disassembly operations in reverse.

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