I bought a non running 04 sportsman 600 and it is a mess. I got the new CDI for it as I was told that is the only thing wrong with it but I was robbed and lied to ( all my fault for being a sucker).
I took the carb apart and gave it a good inspection and good cleaning as per the service manual. I even set the float exactly like they said and the mixture screw to 2 1/2 turns out. Nothing leaks when the carb is in hand with fuel to it but when I mount the carb on the quad and go to fire it up it seems like it sucks all the gas into the motor and hydro locks it up and soaks the plugs. I can get it to run for a few seconds on its only with a tiny bit of gas and starting fluid but if I simply just hook up the gas ffed line it will just suck it all into the motor during cranking.
A side note:for fuel hook up to test if it would run or not I only had a gravity feed line forma funnel hooked up and not the fuel pump, does this matter a the fuel pump draws vacuum from the head?
Any step by step tips you guys can help me with to use as a checklist to trouble shoot this so I can avoid going to buy a new carb off Amazon for $100?
I have sunken so much money into misc parts so far to get to this point and want to avoid any further senseless spending if I can.
BTW, I can’t believe how dishonest the seller was about this quad, he seemed so genuine but totally gave me a nightmare and its my fault for trusting anyone.
TIA
