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Oct 18, 2004 | 12:21 AM

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XRRAZ

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03 viper 50 starting problems

Thanks RL,

It was my mistake. The Viper is an 04 and the choke lever is standard on this quad. When the viper is running, it's sweet and no probs

Oct 18, 2004 | 10:16 AM

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Originally posted by: Raptorlegs
Yeller, I can't even start to explain how much easier my starts are now.

Couldn't let the quad sit for more than 4-5 days and couldn't kill the quad without getting it up to full operating temp then running it. Not following these rules meant it was time to pull out the chain lube (starter fluid). Got frustrating at times. I am so happy I switched carbs!

I'm assuming the manual choke is an add-on because the specs I've looked at, the carb looked identical to my old 16mm mikuni knock-off??? When he says "hard time starting", I'm assuming it runs OK once it gets going?

Samson I'm not sure what was wrong with your carb but we literally have had no problems starting the viper.I turn the gas off when it will be sitting for an extended period,but other than that just turn on the choke and crank it and away it goes.Sometimes I only start it and and only idle it for a few minutes after dragging it out of the garage for a wash job.This could cause fouling problems in a lot of two stroke engines but it doesn't seem to bother ours.Isn't your engine quite a bit bigger like 100ccs?Maybe your carb was too small for your engine or just not jetted properly but the 18mm mikuni's on the 50 and 82cc Vipers seems to work very well.

Oct 18, 2004 | 10:33 AM

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Raptorlegs

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Those 6-packs work pretty good.

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03 viper 50 starting problems

Maybe it was an 18mm? Just looked at the eton manual I had again. Dated 2002. Looks identical. Auto choke too!

Sounds like they found a better system. As usual, thanks for the info Yeller!

Oct 23, 2004 | 08:18 PM

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XRRAZ

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03 viper 50 starting problems

Hey Group,

Dicovered the problem. After pulling the plug and discovering oil in the head, the oil was creating a hydraulic lock keeping the piston from moving. Now it starts no problem

Thanks for all you help