I'm trying to fix my sons scrambler it has spark and it's getting gas any ideas on why it still wont start.

I would appreciate any help i could get thanks.dcoons@peakinet.net

 

How old is it?. Do you know what kind of compression the little thing has?

 

It's a 2001 I dont know what the compression is but it does seems to be strong.

 

Is there any more info you can give? I'm still thinking compression. Did it just fail to start at one point and never start or did it get harder to start over time? Do you ride in much moisture?

 

There is not much moisture here in this part of colo. but it was running fine then he rolled it when I picked it up it had been upside down for a couple of minutes. It stated up after that, but then he didn't ride it for a few days. when he tried to start it after that it would only idle when i gave it gas it would die now it wont start at all.



Thanks dcoons

 

Ok, that helps a lot. Sounds like you may need to take the carb off and clean it out real well. You may need to do this a couple of times. Blow carb cleaner through the little openings and then compressed air. It's not uncommon for sediment from the bottom of the carb bowl to break free when these things get flipped. That then starts plugging up fuel and air passages. It's posible a reed petal could have broken. Also check the fuel filter and replace if posible. Also post this under the Kids quads section. There are others who are much better at this than me on there.

 

Thank you I'll do that