hard to start

[sef]

ok guys i have to choke my workhorse every time even when its warmed up i have changed the fuel filter new plugs an set the valves do i need to rebuild the carb or just buy already rebuilt

 

[HotRodCarts]

Take the carb of and give it a good cleaning then blow it out with a compressor. Make sure the air filter box is sealed good.

 

[divot61]

yep on HRC's advice, what year is it and what kind of compression do you have? check the vacuum tube that goes from the engine to the fuel pump. should be the bottom hose on the fuel pump. pull that off and gently blow into it, if you here oil blowing back into the engine the pulse fuel pump should work better

 

[sef]

cleaned carb an runs like new again thanks

 

[divot61]

thanks for the reply sef, glad to hear the cart is running good

 

[HotRodCarts]

Glad to hear that fixed it. Thanks for the follow up.

 

[divot61]

ok, chokeing the engine means its starving for gas, your putting more gas into the carb when its needed, definetly clean out the carb. sounds to me the secondary is free flowing, but the idle feed is clogged, there are tiny, tiny little holes in the side of the intake of the throat of the carb, may be 2 0'cliock maybe 10 o'clock. or 3- 9. they are there and they mean alot to the carb. shoot every orfice of the carb, take out ever screw exepct the main, its a bitc* to get out on the old carbs, but make sure its free flowing with carb cleaner. this definetly sounds like restriction of fuel

 

[divot61]

sorry guys was trying to reply to a different thread, is it just me or has this happend to others ?
probably just me