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Jiffy pro 4 problems!

WalleyeBIZ

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Sounds like you guys are having better luck with yours than a friend of mine's his will not start in weather below 20* unless he puts it in the pick up and warms it up and this is with warm bottles new bottles. If it is tipped over to the wrong side the air filter fills with oil and smokes like crazy. I also thought that the auger was very heavy. He had to bring it back to the one of the sporting goods stores in town to get a new fuel line on the auger the first day out as it was leaking. I like jiffy and that is all I own but was not impressed. Might have to talk to him so he can bring it back in if your's are starting and running well so something can be done to make it run properly.

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I have been using mine all season with no problems. I left it in my truck all night at -25 with the propane bottle attached and then drilled holes at -15. It did take two pulls to start instead of the usual one pull that day. It is a four cyle motor, and like any four cycle you have to be careful about laying it down the wrong way or the oil will migrate from the crank case. On my gas auger, I always had to be careful not to lay it with the gas cap down, as the fuel would leak out. I am still on my first tank of propane and have drilled many holes. I really like the fact that there is no choke required, no warm up, no fuel/oil mixing, no smoke and the fuel doesn't leak on my gear in the truck. It is not light, but it works great for my typical style of fishing and the STX chipper blades really cut well and fast enough for me.

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That is the correct way to lay it. The spark plug, tank and throttle are all on the same side, which should be facing up when you lay it in a horizontal position. If you lay it the other way, with those things facing down, the oil can run into the carb and air filter. If you were to turn your lawn mower or truck upside down, they would also smoke, as they have four stroke engines.

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I'll pass on the advice. possible the oil is blocking the air filter and causing no combustion air to the motor. I'll let him know about the correct way to place the auger and see if this will fix the problem.

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I have been using mine all season with no problems. I left it in my truck all night at -25 with the propane bottle attached and then drilled holes at -15. It did take two pulls to start instead of the usual one pull that day. It is a four cyle motor, and like any four cycle you have to be careful about laying it down the wrong way or the oil will migrate from the crank case. On my gas auger, I always had to be careful not to lay it with the gas cap down, as the fuel would leak out. I am still on my first tank of propane and have drilled many holes. I really like the fact that there is no choke required, no warm up, no fuel/oil mixing, no smoke and the fuel doesn't leak on my gear in the truck. It is not light, but it works great for my typical style of fishing and the STX chipper blades really cut well and fast enough for me.

Ditto... no problems with mine. Only issue I have had is when it was -20 I had to pull it twice instead of once.

Watch the video lay it down the way its supposed to be and you'll have no problems. I never warm my bottles up... I have never detached the first bottle yet. I would estimate I have about 30+ holes so far on this auger.

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Same here, no issues with my Pro 4, except the ocasional 2 pull. I think I can live with that. All my buddies are relying on me to punch holes for them now when we go out... they just bring theirs for backup ha.

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I have had a jiffy white lightning 8 inch for 16 years but like others that have a wheelhouse I was sick of the smoke and smell so this year I bought the new pro 4. When I got it home I filled it with oil and it started right up and ran great. I waited a while and started it again and on the second pull the PLASTIC transmission snapped all the way across the top cover right in front of where the motor mounts to the trany.

I was shocked to say the least I had my other jiffy fall off my tailgate and roll around the back of my truck for years and never had anything break. I called jiffy and they assured me it was a fluke so I took it back to cabelas and they replaced it right away. I have used it 5 or 6 times now and it has performed flawlessly and I love it. Hopefully just a fluke.

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Same here, no issues with my Pro 4, except the ocasional 2 pull. I think I can live with that. All my buddies are relying on me to punch holes for them now when we go out... they just bring theirs for backup ha.

Same here....actual conversation from last time out...

"yours is so easy, I'll just leave mine in the truck for backup"

"OK...you carry it, OK?"

There, that takes care of the "too heavy" part!

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