Hey all I’ve been beating my head against the wall over this little quad, its first problem was a bent exhaust valve do to a fault compression release well I fixed the valve and removed the comp. release….

It had been sitting for bout 6 years so I gave it the tank n carb cleanse as per required, well one pull and it fires right up and purrs like a baby Honda

Problem? It runs good for about 5 minutes then it seems to flood and die

Do you think there could still be crap getting into the carb?

My friend has this go kart that has a ATC 200 engine strapped to it. It came to me with a few problems but I still have to get it running. I relocated the shoddy ground to a very solid one, I used a ring terminal behind a case bolt. After that it had spark. It wasn’t bright blue, but more yellow or orange. I had to use a different plug boot off a snowmobile. IDK if that makes any difference. This thing sat at somebody’s shop for 3 years outside covered in rain and snow with no pull start cover on so I thought it was the stator. It measured a little high in ohms but not very much if I remember correctly, but I’ll go check again later. I replaced the ignition switch on it from some other bike with a simple toggle switch, and yes I put it in the right way I know that when the two wires are connected the bike shuts off. I looked at a service manual and checked the pulse generator resistance which was fine, and the air gap which was also in spec. What gives? I feel bad for the guy because he dropped off the go kart at somebody’s shop to fix a broken pull cord. It was running when he dropped it off, and the guy left it out with no pull start cover on for 3 years, and now it doesn’t run. They got tired of waiting, and brought it to me. What gives?

My friend has this go kart that has a ATC 200 engine strapped to it. It came to me with a few problems but I still have to get it running. I relocated the shoddy ground to a very solid one, I used a ring terminal behind a case bolt. After that it had spark. It wasn’t bright blue, but more yellow or orange. I had to use a different plug boot off a snowmobile. IDK if that makes any difference. This thing sat at somebody’s shop for 3 years outside covered in rain and snow with no pull start cover on so I thought it was the stator. It measured a little high in ohms but not very much if I remember correctly, but I’ll go check again later. I replaced the ignition switch on it from some other bike with a simple toggle switch, and yes I put it in the right way I know that when the two wires are connected the bike shuts off. I looked at a service manual and checked the pulse generator resistance which was fine, and the air gap which was also in spec. What gives? I feel bad for the guy because he dropped off the go kart at somebody’s shop to fix a broken pull cord. It was running when he dropped it off, and the guy left it out with no pull start cover on for 3 years, and now it doesn’t run. They got tired of waiting, and brought it to me. What gives?