Homelite Consumer Products Backpack Blower/Vac, Carb "generator getting fire" Questions

4400watt generator will not start plug fireing and getting gas As you pull the starter cord do you feel compression? If not piston,or rings or cylinder or valves defective.

...getting any fuel. blew out the fuel lines and removed the fuel filter but it doesn't run any better. If the gas is old, for example, last season, change the fuel ..drain the tank, carb and fuel line. ...