After charging the battery, I drained the gas tank and put new gas in it. Lots of trash came out of the tank. I attached a picture of the gas that I drained into a 5 gallon bucket. It actually fired up and ran for about a minute, but it would only stay running with me pulling on the choke and holding it. Either way, I was happy that it ran for a bit.
Well, after I got it to run, I decided to call it a day. I went back outside about 15 minutes later and saw there was a steady stream of gas running down the engine from the gas tank. After removing it again I noticed that the gas line had a cut on it. Not to mention that the petcock seems to be in really bad shape. I’m going to see if I can rebuild it.
Today I plan on buying a new spark plug, gas filter, and gas line. I also plan on cleaning the gas tank with some Marvel Mystery Oil, I hear it works well.
If the petcock is bad and doesn’t cut the gas flow, will that flood the carb while the atv is turned off? Also, whats the deal with the difference between positions on the petcock and the body panel on the four wheeler? The petcock shows ON, OFF, and RES in different locations that the body panel…. could it be that it has the incorrect petcock installed?
JF
