I've seen many of these kinds of threads, I just didn't know where else to post this.
So back in February this year, I bought a brand new predator 212, filled it up with sae 10w30 motor oil, bolted it onto my go kart and hooked everything up. I broke it in for 3 hours when I first bought it so i don't think that's the problem. It has good, clean gas, a good spark, good compression, and I'm running out of ideas. I haven't made any modifications to the engine, it was running fine too earlier, going 38mph with more in it, drifting tight corners, and otherwise running perfectly fine. I unplugged the low oil sensor so it wasn't that that caused the engine to randomly shut off.
I thought that wasn't a problem, so I tried starting it up a couple of times, and it doesn't want to start. I sprayed fuel in the carb, also in the cylinder head, and tried again and it still wouldn't start up, checked the carb, which was clean, and then after trying for long enough, i started hearing a squeaking sound when I pulled the cord, and I'm thinking maybe there's too much fuel in the cylinder, but I wiped it down and nothing. When i try and start the engine, I see some smoke come out of the exhaust, but it still doesn't start. Any ideas? I don't want to have to get this engine replaced, it's brand new and i would much rather prefer not going through the hassle. Have any of you seen this before?
---------- Post added at 09:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:43 PM ----------
I suspect my engine may be flooded, so I'm going to leave the spark plug out and let any excess fuel evaporate and then try again in the morning.
So back in February this year, I bought a brand new predator 212, filled it up with sae 10w30 motor oil, bolted it onto my go kart and hooked everything up. I broke it in for 3 hours when I first bought it so i don't think that's the problem. It has good, clean gas, a good spark, good compression, and I'm running out of ideas. I haven't made any modifications to the engine, it was running fine too earlier, going 38mph with more in it, drifting tight corners, and otherwise running perfectly fine. I unplugged the low oil sensor so it wasn't that that caused the engine to randomly shut off.
I thought that wasn't a problem, so I tried starting it up a couple of times, and it doesn't want to start. I sprayed fuel in the carb, also in the cylinder head, and tried again and it still wouldn't start up, checked the carb, which was clean, and then after trying for long enough, i started hearing a squeaking sound when I pulled the cord, and I'm thinking maybe there's too much fuel in the cylinder, but I wiped it down and nothing. When i try and start the engine, I see some smoke come out of the exhaust, but it still doesn't start. Any ideas? I don't want to have to get this engine replaced, it's brand new and i would much rather prefer not going through the hassle. Have any of you seen this before?
---------- Post added at 09:13 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:43 PM ----------
I suspect my engine may be flooded, so I'm going to leave the spark plug out and let any excess fuel evaporate and then try again in the morning.
