I have a TXL50 that runs just fine all winter long. Now that it is warming up in the spring it will run for a fair amount of time and then it just loses all power and eventually dies. It will idle until you hit the throttle. Then it dies. You can restart it a few times and then it will not start at all for about 1/2 hour. It has plenty of gas runnign out of the carb drain and spark(found out I have a screwdriver with a cracked handle the hard way) I have a clear fuel filter and it is full of new gas. This is the second year in a row that this has happened. I can clean the carb and it will run for a while and then it does it again. What could be causing this to not want to run in warmer air. Usually it is the other way around with engines. I think it is a 1999 model.

 

I forgot to mention it is a 2 stroke. I checked the compression - 135. Went through the carb again and found nothing. I talked to a few people for ideas adn was told to hold my hand near the carb throat while it was running to see if any gas comes out with running. I can feel air coming out of the carb and my hand was wet with gas when I increased the rpm's. I am told if I get gas that the skirt on the pisotn is scored and needs to be replaced. I am wondering if this is accurate or if it could be with the reeds being worn out or damaged. Please help, my kids are driving me crazy wanting to ride.

 

mine did the same thing and i put a new plug in it and i took the exhaust off of it and heated it up and cleaned all the old oil out of the pipe and it fixed the problem for me but each one is different. Let us know what you find out

 

mwillems85, how did you heat the exhaust? How hot, how long?

 

i just used a propane torch and sprayed in some carb and choke cleaner in there and it really all depends on how much blockage you have from the oil just watch out for the flares from the carb cleaner i lost some eyebrows from it haha