There is a product called SeaFoam. Many automotive stores such as NAPA carry it. Drain your fuel tank completely and put in 1/4 of the can of SeaFoam. Try to start the engine and keep it going as long as possible so you draw the SeaFoam totally into the carb. If the engine quits and refuses to start, then leave it alone for a couple of days to let the SeaFoam work on whatever it is that plugging up the jets in the carb.

Then fill the fuel tank with fresh gasoline (it will mix with the SeaFoam) and keep trying to start the engine until it finally catches. SeaFoam is an excellent product that has a proven track record. If this does not solve your problem, then dismantling the carb, soaking it for several days in true carb cleaner before washing it with solvent and blowing it out with compressed air is your next option.

Just so you know, portable fuel containers are the biggest source of contamination for outdoor power equipment. Nine times out of ten, any dirt or water that gets into the fuel tanks of OPE comes from portable fuel containers. With ethanol being added to gasoline, the water is not as critical a problem as it once was but dirt certainly is. Make sure your gas cans are totally clean prior to filling them at the gas station.

I agree it is good to treat the gas but IMO This thing is only a year old. I would buy a can of spray carb. cleaner and spray it directly down the carb. throw throttle all the way up and when it catches keep a stream or blast of 1 or 2 seconds of carb. cleaner feeding the engine till it runs at full throttle on its own. Carb got a speck of dirt or varnished setting over the winter.

IMO IF that don't work then you will probably have to do as mensioned above, But I have rarely had to do that unless the engine is a few years old and had no pre-ventive maintenance (meaning the owners does nothing but put gas in it and may know where the dip stick is).

Thanks- I will give that a try, and let y'all know how it goes.

Well, I did both of the above, and no luck. Is this something I need to take to a shop, or something within a DIY capability. I will probably do the former, but just thought I would ask. Thanks

Just a F/U note. I took it into a small engine repair shop. It was a rubber gasket (?) between the carb and fuel tank that had a stretched out appearance, and could not pump fuel. I probably named the part wrong, and it just proved to myself I have no clue. But it runs great now, and I thank all for their help.