Hey all, I recently bought my first fourwheeler, a 85 Honda 250 fourtrax. I have been having some issues with it since I bought it. When I first picked it up it ran sporadically and suffered from a major flooding problem. It would flood to the point fuel would come out the air filter and.pool in the box beneath the seat. I assumed it was because of a grimy carburetor. I ran several rounds of gas and STP and that seemed to take care of the problem. It ran for a bout 2 weeks and then I started noticing a lot of gas in my oil. And when I say a lot I mean enough to make fluid flow out the dipstick.

I have since changed the oil several times, because the issue keeps reoccuring. My plug fouls when it happens and I shut it off and drain the oil. I thought it was because my petcock was malfunctioning and allowing gas to flow into the carb, I short of replacing the petcock i installed an inline to ensure no fuel is flowing when it is shut off. I changed the oil and made sure every thing was good and lubricated before starting. She fired like a dream, and after allowing her to warm up, took her for a spin with out incident and rode for around an hour.

I parked it on a flat surface next to my house shut off the fuel immediately at both the petcock and inline and proceeded to my next project for the day. The next day I go to start her and the Kickstart is amazingly light and she refuses to start. I shut it off key and fuel. When I unscrew my dipstick, yet again, oil thinned by copious amounts of gas pours from it.

Sorry for the excessively long post, and I’m sure as a newbie I have forgotten to include some piece of pertinent information, so if any question is unaswered, please ask away. I would prefer this problem be solved before winter get here all the way as I plan to use it for farm work and hunting. Thanks I advance folks!