shawnshank
Member
My Tanaka 40cc engine was working flawlessly until I installed a bigger carb. It worked great initially, starting with just a few extra pulls then it did before I put the bigger carb on. I rode it a few times without issue (on separate occasions). Then on about the 4th ride, after having some difficulty getting it started I took it for a ride, got to the location and shut the engine off. I was off the bike for about 10 mins and went to start it and it took me over fifteen minutes and about 50 pulls to get it started. It wanted to turn over but would not stay running. I finally got it started.
On my last ride, I rode a further distance, shut it off when I got where I was going, got back on after 5 mins and it took me even longer to get it restarted...over a half hour (I almost dropped kicked the thing into next week). I noticed some gas on the rubber gasget which attaches the air filter to the carb. I also noticed that when running, the bike idles high (the rear wheel will spin when I lift the bike off the ground. I'm not sure if these two things are related to the starting issue or not.
Please help!
On my last ride, I rode a further distance, shut it off when I got where I was going, got back on after 5 mins and it took me even longer to get it restarted...over a half hour (I almost dropped kicked the thing into next week). I noticed some gas on the rubber gasget which attaches the air filter to the carb. I also noticed that when running, the bike idles high (the rear wheel will spin when I lift the bike off the ground. I'm not sure if these two things are related to the starting issue or not.
Please help!