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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 04:05 PM
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ok im new to the site, but i am having issues with a scrambler i recently bought. When i went to pick up the fourwheeler it had been sitting for a while, but after a battery charge and about 5 seconds it fired right up, had plenty of power and ran great it was low on gas anyway so i filled it up with what i was told to be was good gas. turns out there was quite a bit of water it in. i drained the tank, blew out the small filter on the line, changed the plug and drained out all the water/fuel in the bowl. it ran fine after i drained out the tank and filled it with 92 octane and some water remover and a little bit of lucas. today when i started it up it would not do anything but idle. this is when i drained the bowl, changed the plug and cleared the filter out. it is still idleing (as a matter of fact it is right now), but will fall right on its face and die if you try to rev it or move it in gear. thanks in advance for any help
 
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 04:06 PM
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it is an 05 and it only has 28 or 29 hours on it with less than 200 miles
 
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 05:34 PM
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You can try draining the gas down and adding a bottle of gas treatment.If that dont work pull the carb and clean it good
 
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 10:28 PM
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thanks. actually figured it out. it still had a bunch of water in the reserve part of the tank that i completely forgot to drain. dumb mistake that took forever to figure out
 
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