Recent content by abtheman

This is what I found online yesterday. Was an interesting read

Thanks mate. Yeah forgot to mention I did pull the small filter screen out of the bottom of the fuel tank which attaches to the hose and it was good. Although I did clean it anyway. I have also tried removing the fuel hose from the carb and fuel flows with ease. So no issues with fuel flow. I...

I ended up draining the oil yesterday and cleaned out the whole bottom end with brake cleaner after inspecting the cam (including compression release mechanism), crank etc. the oil was quite black but was definitely not low or too high as I checked it on the dip stick a few days prior. Was...

Thanks mate. Yesterday I pulled the engine cases apart and everything appeared ok. The dots on the cam and crank gear were aligned and the compression release mechanism works good, (when I push on the small lever it sprung back with ease. The lobes were good too. Thought I would go ahead and...

Cool thanks for your help. I'll have another play with the motor tomorrow and see if I can achieve something.

Thanks for your help yeah it's honestly so frustrating as I've spent ages going through each piece off the motor taking my time especially with the carb/carbs, I have cleaned out the modified one numourous time now just to prove it flows etc... even used carb cleaning from one end of each port...

Cheers mate yup they run a compression release on the cam. Will look into it

Sorry I should have mentioned that. Yes the motor has been running mint for the last 2years while using all the mods on the motor up until the other day then all of a sudden it just started to cough and splatter then died. As mentioned prior I can get it idling but that's about it. Anywhere...

Hey guys, I have a highly modified GX200 go kart motor. The issue I am having is I can get the motor to idle but it will cough and splatter then stall under light to medium throttle while the motor is under load. A list below shows what I have done so far to diagnose the fault, but after...