bike4life
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Engine is a predator 212 hemi.
I did drop the engine once from like 3ft but landed on the gas tank so only a small dent in the top.
When i bought it, i removed the governor, oil sensor, and added throttle cable to the lever.
The engine is brand new from the store and i never ran it.
When i added oil, i noticed that i was leaking from the crankcase after coming back in an hour and seeing drips on the floor. I tightened up everything and havent noticed a leak, but there might be one....
Today i decided to run it and it did not run.
I have spark.
The compression test yeilds 40psi. I performed it by inserting the guage and pulled the handle like 4 times, the first time was 10psi, second 20psi, 3rd 30psi, and so forth to 40psi. Any additional handle pulls after 4 did not increase the psi. i think it done right.
What else do i need to do?
An interesting thing i noticed is remember how i broke off part of the vent on top of the gas tank. Well I decided to caulk up the area that broke off.
Now when i removed the carb, i was suprised to see that little gas exited the tank. Then when i removed the plug, the gas poured out of the hose that leads to the carb.
I dont think this is the reason why it doesnt start, but maybe it is. This is because the carb was saturated in gas.
I did drop the engine once from like 3ft but landed on the gas tank so only a small dent in the top.
When i bought it, i removed the governor, oil sensor, and added throttle cable to the lever.
The engine is brand new from the store and i never ran it.
When i added oil, i noticed that i was leaking from the crankcase after coming back in an hour and seeing drips on the floor. I tightened up everything and havent noticed a leak, but there might be one....
Today i decided to run it and it did not run.
I have spark.
The compression test yeilds 40psi. I performed it by inserting the guage and pulled the handle like 4 times, the first time was 10psi, second 20psi, 3rd 30psi, and so forth to 40psi. Any additional handle pulls after 4 did not increase the psi. i think it done right.
What else do i need to do?
An interesting thing i noticed is remember how i broke off part of the vent on top of the gas tank. Well I decided to caulk up the area that broke off.
Now when i removed the carb, i was suprised to see that little gas exited the tank. Then when i removed the plug, the gas poured out of the hose that leads to the carb.
I dont think this is the reason why it doesnt start, but maybe it is. This is because the carb was saturated in gas.
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