When the weather is colder these little 4 strokes need additional throttle opening when you set the choke. Not an easy thing to do with the spring loaded carb. My GX31 needs the twist throttle adjuster screwed out about 4 turns to open the throttle enough so it draws in enough mixture to start on full choke, otherwise it won't even idle, takes a few minutes to warm up before I run it under a load.