{"id":8129,"date":"2012-09-25T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10rate.com\/?p=8129"},"modified":"2012-09-25T09:31:37","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T14:31:37","slug":"starting-a-gas-powered-leaf-blower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/starting-a-gas-powered-leaf-blower\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting a Gas-Powered Leaf Blower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/10rate.com\/brittany-rowland\/\" rel=\"author\">Brittany Rowland<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2036\" title=\"CARB Compliant Leaf Blowers\" src=\"http:\/\/10rate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gas-blower.jpg\" alt=\"10 Rate\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gas blowers generally break down into two-cycle and four-cycle engines. The two-cycle variety require a special mixture of gas and oil to properly start the engine. The general rule is that for every gallon of gas you add 2 \u00bd ounces of oil. Adding too much oil to the mixture can cause serious problems with your gas blower, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A damaged spark plug<\/li>\n<li>Difficulty starting the engine<\/li>\n<li>Smoke emissions while the blower is running<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Four-cycle engines found on new gas blower models save you the trouble of mixing oil and gas together. However, both types of gas blowers follow the same basic steps. <\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>To begin, you need to mix the gas and oil together if the blower has a two-cycle engine. Make sure the oil is mixed into the gas before you pour it into the blower&#8217;s tank.<\/li>\n<li>Press and release the primer bulb about six times. This bulb pulls a small amount of gas to the throat of the carburetor.<\/li>\n<li>Put the choke in the closed position and pull the cord once. <\/li>\n<li>Switch the choke to the halfway position and pull the cord again up to four times. <\/li>\n<li>When the engine starts, let it run for about 10 seconds before opening the choke all the way.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Starting a gas blower may take a little muscle, but with a good model and clear instructions, it shouldn&#8217;t take more than one or two tries to get it running.  <\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/10rate.com\/brittany-rowland\/\"><img title=\"Brittany Rowland\" src=\"http:\/\/10rate.com\/graphics\/authors\/brittany_rowland_50.jpg\" alt=\"Brittany Rowland\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><sup><strong><span style=\"color: #440e62;\">Brittany Rowland researches new developments in Appliances, Kitchen and CE products features with a vigor to which few would aspire&#8230; but someone has to do it.<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/10rate.com\/brittany-rowland\/\">See more about Brittany<\/a><\/strong><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"bgheading\">Related Top 10 Lists<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/10rate.com\/best-leaf-blower-reviews\/\">Top 10 Leaf Blowers<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img class=\"post_thumbnail thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/10rate.com\/images\/leafblowers\/troybilt-tb4bp.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10 Leaf Blowers\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"bgpara\">The best leaf blowers, be they gas, electric, or cordless, must be effective at blasting away leaves, twigs, and other lawn debris. We looked for a number of factors when selecting the top 10 leaf blowers: Easy to start up, Powerful engine with high air speeds, Durable mulching blades&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/10rate.com\/best-leaf-blower-reviews\/\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Brittany Rowland Gas blowers generally break down into two-cycle and four-cycle engines. The two-cycle variety require a special mixture of gas and oil to properly start the engine. The general rule is that for every gallon of gas you add 2 \u00bd ounces of oil. Adding too much oil to the mixture can cause [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":8132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,102],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/starting-a-gas-powered-leaf-blower\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/\",\"name\":\"10Rate\",\"description\":\"Expert Product Reviews and Ratings | Best Top 10 Rated\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/starting-a-gas-powered-leaf-blower\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/gas-blower1.jpg\",\"width\":\"250\",\"height\":\"208\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/starting-a-gas-powered-leaf-blower\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/starting-a-gas-powered-leaf-blower\/\",\"name\":\"Starting a Gas-Powered Leaf Blower - 10Rate\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/starting-a-gas-powered-leaf-blower\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-09-25T14:00:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-09-25T14:31:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f70171613f0ce5472b665b740e949bd0\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/starting-a-gas-powered-leaf-blower\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/starting-a-gas-powered-leaf-blower\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/starting-a-gas-powered-leaf-blower\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/starting-a-gas-powered-leaf-blower\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/starting-a-gas-powered-leaf-blower\/\",\"name\":\"Starting a Gas-Powered Leaf Blower\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f70171613f0ce5472b665b740e949bd0\",\"name\":\"BJones\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/10rate.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/520c7075d8848d1a46f957d22dd774f6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"BJones\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8129"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/10rate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}