6hp tecumseh problem please help

[daltontx15]

ok i have a 6hp tecumseh on my yerf dog go kart with a straight pipe made out of 2 in tubing and i put a k&n filter on it. here recently it dosnt want to go, like it will idle real good but when i press the gas it dies even if i ease into it. i have a brand new carb for it that i got like 2 days ago and ive cleaned it real good and i put a brand new spark plug in it, i dnt kno what to do like is it something wrong with the motor. please help

 

[Routy]

just wonderin y did u put a filter on your exhaust just wondering no offense

 

[DirtTrackRacer_07]

it sounds like you are not getting enough fuel but if your carb is cleaned really good than that shouldnt be a problem.

Check your gas cap and make sure that it is venting properly.

Are you getting a good flow of fuel into the side of your carbuetor?

You may have to jet your carb a little higher too since you staight piped it and K&N filter

When did it start ? Around the time you did the stuff to it?

 

[Russ2251]

You may have to jet your carb a little higher too since you staight piped it and K&N filter

Doesn't matter.
Did it ever run correctly w/new carb?

 

[Doc Sprocket]

just wonderin y did u put a filter on your exhaust just wondering no offense

Face palm.

 

[Russ2251]

Another drive-by poster...apparently.

 

[Routy]

no really i would like to know maybe ill do that something to learn lol

 

[DirtTrackRacer_07]

I thought it might of been the valves way too tight but it would rev up slighty and have at least a little power.

It may be down on compression. Did you check?

Are you getting a good spark out of the plug?

Shoot some hair spray off into the carb and see if it will run.
That will tell you if your starving from fuel or not.

Im guessing off the top of my head trying to eliminate some factors

We need some more info though.

 

[Routy]

or is that intake? oops if it is lol just straight pipe sounded like exhaust lol

 

[DirtTrackRacer_07]

He is probably talking about exhaust.

Why in the world would he had done that to a intake?

 

[Routy]

wat a air filtir on intake? the air filter is usually on intake but y would u put it on exhaust does it quit the exhaust

 

[DirtTrackRacer_07]

NO lol

He put a 2 inch straight pipe exhaust pipe

He also put a K & N air filter on the carbuerator which bolts up to the intake manifold

A muffler quiets your exhaust

 

[Routy]

o see it sounded like he said he got a straight pipe an put a filter on it lol i was confused

 

[daltontx15]

it sounds like you are not getting enough fuel but if your carb is cleaned really good than that shouldnt be a problem.

Check your gas cap and make sure that it is venting properly.

Are you getting a good flow of fuel into the side of your carbuetor?

You may have to jet your carb a little higher too since you staight piped it and K&N filter

When did it start ? Around the time you did the stuff to it?

how to i jet it higher, and it started a couple days after, and its getting a good flow

 

[daltontx15]

it has a brand new spark plug i tested it and it works fine. how do i check if its down on compression. ive sprayed some eather in there and it still didnt work

 

[fowler]

I have heard of people useing air filters as spark arrestors
to check compresion u need a compression tester

 

[DirtTrackRacer_07]

Good Spark

Good fuel flow

Good air flow

But eithier wouldn't rev it up...

Put your finger over the spark plug hole and see if it pushes a bunch of air out when you pull the rope.

The correct way to do it though is with a compression tester.

Is it a over head valve engine?

Do you have any pictures of it?

how new is the gas?

You can jet it higher buy drilling the jet out or buying a jet kit.

But this is not your problem.

 

[Routy]

buying jet kit would be easy to an they are cheap all u need is a screw driver