I got a lt230 last week, it had been sitting for a while so I cleaned the carb out, changed oil and put fresh gas in it. Pulled the plug to see if it was firing and it was so I placed the plug back in, choked it and kicked it a few times and it start for about 2 seconds and died as soon as I tried to give it gas. It revd for like a split second before it croaked. So I tried to kick it over again and could tell it wasnt firing. So I pulled the plug back out and its not firing now and I cant seem to figure it out, I tried 3 different plugs too and still a no go. I pulled the plastic off and the tank and tracked down all the wires to make sure everything was plugged in and they were. Even took off the stator cover and wiped off the flywheel and made sure there wasnt anything messed up. Any suggestions as to why its not firing? Thanks.

 

You didnt bump the kill switch at all did you? Is it loose at all that mabie the vibration from when i did fire may have wiggled something loose? How did the spark look when it was firing?

 

NO I didnt bump it, its still on run and the switch is on. Spark was a blue color when it was firing.

 

Hmm, a nice strong blue spark wouldnt just crap out, if it was weak yellow or something I could see it happeneing. Did you verify all the connections were tight to the coil?

Check the vault, there's a good wiring diagram in there and the specs for testing the various components.

 

its possible that theres a pretty major air leak. check your carb boot for cracks.

 

So there's no spark anymore? Maybe there was a short and you cooked something?

 

I hope not! lol but I may have, i'll check out the coil connections tmrw, they had the ground wire just tied around it and I have made a clip for it to plug in and maybe its not making good enough connection or something idk.