Jiffy Pro 4 Auger Starting Issues

Just curious if anybody else has ran into this problem as well. My auger is only 4 months old and have replaced only 2 cylinders on it so far this year. This Saturday I replaced another and for some reason the auger will no longer fire up and on normal starts this unit will start with only two pulls. Checked the spark plug and there is spark. Is this a common issue or do you think I may have a bad regulator? If a bad regulator does anybody know what the process is to check to see if it is bad?
Thanks!

I have read to only use coleman propane tanks. just a thought.

Got a problem with my pro4 lite also. It’s only 2 months old. Ran awesome and drilled great for the first 4 times out with it…not so much anymore..mine will start but hardly has enough power to drill a hole. Taking it in this week to have looked at. Go to “Jiffy on ice.com” and find your nearest service center and have it looked at and there is no charge cause it has a 2 year warranty..I have always used Coleman tanks and still have a problem.. It’s funny cause if you look on the back of the Colman tank it’s made by WORTHINGTON.. Good luck and keep us posted.

I have found that if the unit is left out in the cold for extended amounts of time, it is really difficult to get started. Therefore on the cold nights, I always bring it in. Also I will rotate between two different tanks as while the propane is getting used, it expands and cools lowering the pressure of what is remaining. To conteract this thermal expansion phenomenon, I will then take one of the tanks and tuck it into the inside of my jacket to warm up while using the other tank. When one tank stops working effectively, I will switch out the cold tank for a warmer one, I can generally get it going pretty easy.

The last thing you can do is to adjust the choke screw on the tank regulator. I am always hesitant to adjust something that it seems like the manufacture has no interest in you adjusting, so I will only move it a quarter turn one way or another so that I can always get it right back to where it started.

Finally, I just started to refill my Coleman empties with Blue Rhino propane and it has never worked so well. It could be however that this switch also happened really close to the time when the weather started to warm up a bit.

My two cents.

Thanks for the input fellas. I run mine with refills from our local propane dealer that I have refilled myself with old cylinders. As for cold tanks and or weather I always leave my full tanks in the pickup before I replace them and with this happening this past weekend the temps where well above freezing (40 deg). Taking it to the service center this afternoon. Im still thinking it might be a bad regulator and or a bad fitting leaking. I’ll keep you posted.
Thanks again!

Look at the breather hose.. The one from the airbox to the case.

Also, look at your oil to make sure it doesn’t look milky

The oil will always be milky with the propane engine. The breather tube also deteriorated on mine after 3 years and caused starting issues but was a cheap part. The refilled 1 pounders are definitely the problem if the tube is still good and connected.

I did have a connection get loose on mine, slow leak, but if you jostled the tank you could hear/smell the propane leaking. I just unscrewed the cylinder after I was done drilling and then tightened up all the connections once I got home, problem solved.

I had one of those augers jiffy replaced the power head twice that was enough for me went back to gas