I've been looking to upgrade from gas to propane. An acquaintance has one he says needs a little work. It starts, but as soon as you give it throttle, it dies.
Any ideas if this could be a simple fix, or a hard pass?
Ice Fishing
Eskimo propane auger will start, but kills when you give it throttle.
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I've had my Jiffy propane for 5 years now and never a problem. Starts instantly, no choke, no mixing gas and oil and no spills in truck. I changed the oil twice since I owned it and changed the plug for the 1st time this year. Never a problem with tanks freezing either.
Two drawbacks, it is heavy compared to any electric but I don't carry it far, it's on the wheeler or in the truck. The second thing is you can't lay it down any ol way, must have the right side up being it's a 4 stroke.
As others have mentioned, it is most likely the regulator/fuel line assembly. A buddy of mine won a new Jiffy Pro4 propane auger at a fisheree the first year they were out. He had 3 or 4 regulators replaced under warranty. The last one, he finally had enough and sold the auger to buy a 2-cycle gas model. I wouldn't touch a propane auger with a 10 foot pole.
I have never had a propane auger but it seems to me from my experience with my Buddy heater in my deer blind is that the emptier those bottles get the less gas pressure there is and the heater shuts down well before the bottles totally empty. My assumption is it shuts down due to low gas pressure.....just my thoughts not knowing anything. Jiffy had problems with theirs And so many used propane jiffy’s were for sale the year after they made them....
I’m with my friend who is a pretty good fisherman and says he’s sticking with gas......” just take care of the motor when storing for the summer” .....
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