With ethanol, ANYTHING is possible. Had a Stihl saw from 1977, the most reliable gas engine I ever owned. Sit for a year, two, three.. a couple pulls it would start. Then one day some years ago it wouldn't. I started to take it apart and noticed the fuel line from the tank to the carb was gone!

The tank and the carb both still had maybe 3/4" of tube, the ends all dark and "melted", but everything in between just wasn't there anymore.

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Originally posted by Bytes:
Update: A new plug, letting it sit overnight with fresh ethanol free gas mixed with carb cleaner, and a bit of starting fluid got it going. It starts pretty easy now that I've let it run awhile. FYI, when it warms up a bit I'll either rebuild or replace the carb. Thanks for the advice everyone. Sig Forum rocks!

If it starts easily and runs fine, DON'T mess with the carberator. It could've been your spark plug the entire time.

^ Agreed. Don't fix what ain't broke.

This brought back a very old memory of a saying, "'Carburetor' is French for 'leave it alone.'"