The engine is not very old. Its a Honda clone (H/F). I took the carb off yesterday, checked the float and needle, and found it to be very clean. Not sure if there is a float adjustment? The engine will start & run with the chock on. After letting the engine warm-up I try to take the chock off ond it dies. The spark plug is black with carbon which indicates to me it is flooding out. Probably because running with the chock closed. If I try to throttle up and open the chock it runs very bad untill it dies. It has been a few months since it was running good so I thought maybe bad gas. Drained the gas and replaced with new, no change. Not sure if it matters, but the engine will still run with the gas valve closed on the carberator??? Thanks for the help. These small engines are not my strong point.
Hello all and thanks in advance for all your support in my first kart build. Im building a kart from a 39 Ford fiberglass body which makes this build a little more difficult. I installed a gx200 Honda and ran great before I started doing some modifacation. (#1) Because the engion is inclosed under the body I installed an electric start. (#2) I had to remove the air breather to hook-up my throttle cable. Replaced with an aftermarket breather. (#3) I come up with the bright idea of streight pipe exhaust out the back of the car. NOW the engine is flooding out bad. Im sure I screwed somthing up here but how can I fix it. Thanks again.
