glenjw1969
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Hi all? thanks to all of you who regularly post replies? this forum has been a great help to me!
This is my first post? I?ve read several related threads but I?m stuck!
Got a '96 Sea Rayder 120 xr Red Stator
It ran fine since I purchased it in April- was running it just about every weekend- but was sitting all of August... now it won't start.
I can barely get the engine to catch? when trying to start it , it keeps building pressure in the cylinders and flywheel won?t turn so I have to remove the plugs to free it.
Took off the black plastic air intake chamber to spray a little carb cleaner and it fired up- but I couldn't get it to idle? it just dies unless I throttle it. I don't want to hit throttle too hard because I'm doing it at home with water running through the flush line.
I removed the bowls from the bottom of the carbs? thought they might be gunked up? but they were clean as a whistle? also cleaned the yellow lines and their fittings? there was a little gunk but not much.
I?m definitely getting fuel b/c when I pull the plugs and spin the engine, lots of oil/gas mix get flushed out the plug holes?
Now I tried to restart and flywheel is stuck due to pressure build up again!
Looking for suggestion on next steps? I'm thinking maybe remove the carbs totally to clean? Or might there be something else to try first?
Thanks for reading this!
-Glen
This is my first post? I?ve read several related threads but I?m stuck!
Got a '96 Sea Rayder 120 xr Red Stator
It ran fine since I purchased it in April- was running it just about every weekend- but was sitting all of August... now it won't start.
I can barely get the engine to catch? when trying to start it , it keeps building pressure in the cylinders and flywheel won?t turn so I have to remove the plugs to free it.
Took off the black plastic air intake chamber to spray a little carb cleaner and it fired up- but I couldn't get it to idle? it just dies unless I throttle it. I don't want to hit throttle too hard because I'm doing it at home with water running through the flush line.
I removed the bowls from the bottom of the carbs? thought they might be gunked up? but they were clean as a whistle? also cleaned the yellow lines and their fittings? there was a little gunk but not much.
I?m definitely getting fuel b/c when I pull the plugs and spin the engine, lots of oil/gas mix get flushed out the plug holes?
Now I tried to restart and flywheel is stuck due to pressure build up again!
Looking for suggestion on next steps? I'm thinking maybe remove the carbs totally to clean? Or might there be something else to try first?
Thanks for reading this!
-Glen