Can anyone give me some pointers on how to start this ATV? I have had it about a year and it ran good this past Spring. It has not been ridden all summer and now that the weather is getting nice in TX I can't seem to get it started now. I've checked for spark and am getting a good solid one. I also have the smell of fuel on the spark plug (and have cleaned it frequently) so I believe my fuel supply is okay. The gap has been checked and is okay. The poorly written (broken English) users manual tells you to pull the choke out all the way when the engine is cold. I have tried starting with full choke, half choke, no choke and nothing..it just keeps cranking (I have had to repeatedly charge the battery and I'm afraid of ruining it). I've tried "giving her some juice" while it's cranking but that just seems to flood it. Since I'm getting spark, I'm thinking it is not my cuttoff switch circuitry. I thought I read on a separate post that someone suggested slowly pulling out the choke while it is cranking. I've tried that and it won't even sputter!


Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

 

A. Change Gas
B. Change Plug
C. Charge Battery 100%

 

Sounds like it sat for a while. The gas may be bad. Try spraying starting fluid into the intake to see if it fires. If not then its notm a fuel problem. The valves may need to be adjusted.

 

Thank you. I recently put new gas in it so the fuel should be okay. I will try starter fluid. With this new of an ATV, it wouldn't be that the carb needs to be cleaned already, would it? Hopefully the starter fluid will work.

 

I'm having the same problem with my 100CC Chinese Maxfine quad. When my buddy squirts carb cleaner into
the carb it will fire up but then dies when he stops. You should try that. Regarding the carb needing cleaning
already, even though it's a new quad, unfortunately you may need to that. Please let me know if you get it going
as I'll attempt whatever may work

 

I finally got it started..thanks to a combination of starter fluid and carb cleaner. Once it began to run, a lot of white smoke out the back so I'm assuming the cause was a combination of a dirty carb and sitting too long without being started. Thanks for all of your help.

 

Damn im good. LOL!

 

I'm just glad it wasn't the valves needing adjusting.
Thanks again for the suggestions.

 

Hi 2manytoys, any suggestions for my Maxfine 100. It runs great as long as your squirting carb cleaner into the
intake but dies as soon as you stop.

 

By the way, "too many toys" - nice toys! I looked at your picture page and you have some nice ATVs along with what looks like some nice land to ride on. You're about 40 or so miles away from my brother who lives in West Chester.