Just bought a couple fixer uppers. A 95 and a 96 sportsman 400 2 stroke.
The 95 is brought up to speed and purring like a kitten. However I am having problems with the 96.
Here it is:
– machine won’t start, every so often it will give a small kick as if trying to go, but never does.
– i did a carb rebuild, it’s all good.
– new spark plug and checked for spark – good – plug is BR8ES. Plug is wet- although quite a bit of black oil. I’m sure this is normal with a 2 stroke that hasn’t ran in a while.
– did a compression test. It’s running 90 with the electric start and closer to 110 with the pull start. New battery, new starter.
I’m lost on this one. When I spray fuel into the carb, it sometimes gets a chug, but mostly a small ticking sound, which is strange to me.
Anybody have any suggestions?
PS- im mechanically inclined and familiar with small engines, but far from a genius. So I may have missed something obvious. Let’s hear it.
Just bought a couple fixer uppers. A 95 and a 96 sportsman 400 2 stroke.
The 95 is brought up to speed and purring like a kitten. However I am having problems with the 96.
Here it is:
– machine won’t start, every so often it will give a small kick as if trying to go, but never does.
– i did a carb rebuild, it’s all good.
– new spark plug and checked for spark – good – plug is BR8ES. Plug is wet- although quite a bit of black oil. I’m sure this is normal with a 2 stroke that hasn’t ran in a while.
– did a compression test. It’s running 90 with the electric start and closer to 110 with the pull start. New battery, new starter.
I’m lost on this one. When I spray fuel into the carb, it sometimes gets a chug, but mostly a small ticking sound, which is strange to me.
Anybody have any suggestions?
PS- im mechanically inclined and familiar with small engines, but far from a genius. So I may have missed something obvious. Let’s hear it.
