My guess is that a circuit in the carb is clogged and causing the built-up pressure to find its way out through the primer.

Try posting it in this forum too -- might have some results there as well:
http://www.mytractorforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=11

 

Does the thing have an air filter? If not, it will spray gas out of the carb.. Would closing the choke plate before priming keep the fuel in the carb better? Just a thought.. :goodl:

 

Just a Idea but could the gas cap vent be plugged causing it to build up pressure. Try loosening the gas cap and see if that helps. I could be wrong but I've never seen a snow blower with a air filter. I think it's because there not needed due to low dust.

 

Plugged gas caps don't pressurize, they vacuum lock and stop fuel flow.

 

That sorta made me think. How come snowblowers rarely have air filters?

 

They Arent working in dusty conditions, nothing is really flying around other than snow/water

 

I can try to clean it out some more. Im open to anything at this point! Thanks!

 

I read that they don't have air filters because of the possibility of snow, moisture collecting on the element, freezing and thus blocking the air flow. Instead they all seem to have a big shroud around the carb.

 

There isnt an air cleaner, im yet to see a snowblower with an aircleaner. They just have a little shroud/dome deal over it to keep water and snow out.

 

What kind of carb is it? Check for a missing welch plug (although I doubt if it would run for long) and make sure the primer line is connected to the primer inlet and not the breather tube on the carb-some of the older carbs I've seen have a small breather tube that looks like a primer line tube but it's not. Easy to confuse the two-ask me how i know. :banghead3

 

That would make sense as to why it would be shooting fuel out the primer bulb. I never woulda thought of that

 

sometimes I have seen those welch plugs seperate at the parts store in the Dorman freeze plug cabinets (when parts stores had those)

 

Is this a 4 cycle or 2 cycle engine?

 

Its a 2 cycle. there are 2 spots to put lines. I bet that is what is happening 1 runs to the gas tank the other to the primer. ill switch them around and see if that does it! thanks

 

Well i switched the line around and fired it up and same problem but less gas is spraying out...... im stumped.

 

Check the reeds and see if they are closing properly. If they don't it can cause spray back through the carb.

 

Hi, I have this same blower and figured this out last year. The original primer bulb had a check valve in it so the fuel would go back to the return hose to the tank instead of out the primer bulb. When I bought mine someone had broke the whole primer off so I replaced with a regular one and had this problem. After finding out about this I bought an inline check valve off Ebay and it runs perfect now, great blower. Hope this helps.

 

Ah the ol'check valve in the primer line trick huh......(maxwell smart voice).