I just got a 1989 lt230 4 stroke I need help it was rode without a air box or air filter. For how long I don't now. It runs good when I can get it started.. I never owned a quad or a suzuki I was wonder what I meant have to do to make it start with just a couple of kicks? I only way we can get it to fire is tow it or run it down a hill pop the clutch.. Would that be a carb gummed up problem. I was told to it was bored to a 300cc would that make a diffances..

 

Well no air filter or box could mean the intake valve worn down some causing bad starts due to sand and dirt getting into the valve. Could be a old dirty carb these bikes are 20+ years old.

Not sure if they ever had a big bore that big but i would start be cleaning carb getting a foam filter of some sort. taking the carb apart and clean the pilot jet and main jet.

See if they upped the jets when they did the bore job. Stock jetting is 20 pilot and 112.5 for the main.

HOpe this helps ya some.

 

you have no idea how angry i am at my 230. im really close to pushing the bitch into a lake and saying fu*k it. all i do is put money into it, and all it does is need more and more and more. i don't why know why people hang onto these old things anymore.

 

@hunter71495

Well what does it need now? I know it seems the same way with mine at times but all in all they are a really reliable little machine that do require a lot of upkeep and preventive maintenance. I'm looking at two of them right now lol. Another "s" and a "e" for the wife.

 

Can i put a 250s head on the 230s with a big bore kit? if so what will the CC become. I know with a 250 head it will become a 290. Also i can't remember if i need a shorter crank rod, or a longer one.

 

Okay first i went out a my battery was dead. Went borrowed a neighbors charger, charged it for like 2 hours just to realize my negative fell off the frame, so it was a wasted 2 hours. Then put it back on for 2 hours and went to go and start her. Nothing... crank, crank,crank doesn't start. so i sprayed some starter fluid in the air box, and went to fire her up and nothing again. Just keeps turning over but won't fire up. I replaced the spark plug before i charged it and nothing. I have spark on the spark plug. Yes it has gas, yes it has air, yes it has spark. Whats wrong with it???

 

check compression.

 

i need so help somone please i cant get spark and dont know what it is i no the coil is good put it on my 50 and worked great is there a way to find out if its the cdi ?? can somone help me

 

can somone help me out im having spark problems and think its the cdi dose anyone have one to sell or no how to test the cdi i no the coil is good ! but the rest i dont no got the harnnes on ebay off a running bike lol well its not working for me i put the coil on my 50 and it worked so thats good what do i do can somone help me out with testing and getting this problem it sucks just got my rebuilt motor and cant try it !!!!!

 

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