hey all,

I was riding my zil and it bogged down and then stalled, coulnt get it started for the life of me. what could be the problem. It was running rich especially in first and second gear. im running about 28:1 spectro synthetic blend in it. Should I try upping it to 32:1? The guy said he was running 20:1 who owned it before me but a lot of people told me thats not at all needed. Probably just carb jetting??? My buddy at 2-stroke performance is gonna run a leakdown test and jet it for me. Im real sh*tty with jetting, I understand it all conceptually but got a late start getting my fingers in there and with school I havent had enough time to tare my bikes down myself. I pulled the plug out and it was brown it didnt looked fowled after kicking it a good 40 times so i dont know....

 

Did you check your sparkplug? You might of flooded. I have that problem a lot with my snowmobile. I carry a lighter with me so when the plugs get messed up I can take em out and burn the gas off, and put them back in and it fires right up. If you try that it should at least get you started again, but I don't why it would be bogging down. I'm don't know anything about 2-strokes, I just know that my snowmobile wouldn't start after it bogged down because the plugs were wet.

 

i took the plug out and cleaned it and put it back in and it still didnt start :-(. I just got it a few days ago from MI so i dont know who jetted it

 

CTATV, you tried having a friend pull ya? I am having the same problem on my new zilla. I am gonna pull it tomorrow and if it doesnt start I am taking it monday to get jetted.

 

yep i tried it, didnt work. dont want to do it too much its sh*tty for the tranny so i tried twice and said f*ck it. when i was kicking it it was like soo close but wouldnt start. I definatly have the kicking down well so thats not the problem

 

Take out the plug, hook the wire back up to it, ground it on engine and kick it over. Don't hold the plug with your hand or you'll get a nice shock[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]. If you've got a nice fat, blue spark, then your problem is in the carb.

 

I would just change the plug completely, drop the needle one position on the carb and go riding. If that doesnt work, then you probably have a bad coil.

 

32:1 is what i run in,the Zila and never had any problem's,also try a new ngk ridiuim plug in it,s the best ngk I've ever used. KLOTZ Benol

 

I agree with zilla daddy, my lt250 fouls plugs every now and then, and when it dows there is no cleaning the fouled plug. But if i throw a ne wplug in there it fires right up.

Mark