Ice Auger tune up?

[Sealegs]

Hey I want to beat the rush and get my auger in for a tune up before I need to use it any recomendations?
Sealegs

[Paul Waldowski]

Moving this to the Equipment forum as I feel that alot of people will be interested in the answer.

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[Surface Tension]

I'm not familiar with any shops in your area but a quick search and you should be able to find all the service centers for your brand auger.
Theres not a whole lot involved with a tune-up and you may want to give it a try yourself. Heres a part of maintenance most augers don't see and that getting de-carbed. Start out with fresh gas/oil but then ad 1 part Sea-foam to 4 parts mixed gas. Run the engine for 10 minutes and then let it sit for a while. Keep repeating this up till you run run the tank down.
Next change the spark plug and fill the tank with a normal mixture of gas and oil treated with Sta-Bil. Now you would adjust the carb depending how the engine runs under a load and in this case thats drilling through ice so you'll have to wait a while for that.

[luckyc]

This pertains to your auger and any other two cycle engine you might have. If you feel that it is losing power. pull the muffler off and inspect the exhaust ports and muffler for carbon build-up. This is really important on any 2 cycle with a spark arrestor screen in it. The screen will plug up with carbon and she won't start, might fire but won't run. If the ports are plugged, get the piston up towards top-dead-center and use a wood dowel to brake up the carbon and then blow it out. DON'T USE ANYTHING METAL, YOU"LL DAMAGE YOUR PISTON

[Tim L]

Sealegs you can try the D-ROCK CENTER 175 OLD HWY 8 SW New Brighton 612-706-0766

[fivebucks]

You could do what I've done for the past 20 years on my Jiffy auger - nothing. OK, I changed spark plugs once. The thing just keeps running and running and running. I will admit I do run it out of gas at the end of the season usually and then put in fresh gas at the start of ice fishing. I think I may be lucky with that auger.