My 650 has always been hard to start. Whenever I first start it I have to turn the choke wide open, run it for a few minutes and slowly start to turn off the choke. I started it this evening with the choke wide open, I shut off the choke and it died. Now it will not even fire. I can get it to fire by pouring gas in the carburators, but I have to choke it and give it full throtle, but then it will only fire and then it dies again. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

Might sound stupid but do you have your gas turned on?

 

Kick me in the a** and call me stupid!! I never turn my gas off, but I know that I should when it sits for long time. I did check the shutoff switch, but I did not check the gas shut off. I know that this is it because I was messing around with it. Thanks and I'm sorry for wasting everyones time. Oh well atleast its nothing serious.

 

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When my P650 was only 1 month old, it failed to start right up one day.I went thru the whirlwind of panic, anger, fear and frustration.I can well imagine how you were feeling.I found, after an hour or so that I had not quite turned the key all the way, allowing it to turn over but not fire. Point is,,,,it rarely feels that good to feel stupid, does it?

Anyway, I think it happens to all of us at some point in time.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

Same thing happened to me too.

 

I forgot to put my spark plug wire back on last week. doesnt work so well without that either.

 

Hey,
After I was red in the face from trying to start ours, my asks if I had the gas shut off?? I had![img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img]

 

My wife!!!! (Sorry bout that)[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img]