cart will not start

Bruce · 02-19-2008, 10:53 PM

I would like to say that I have checked everything, but if I had, it would be running.

The electric starter motor turns it over, but the gas motor will not start. It is getting fuel and the plug is fireing, but nothing. I have traced every wire to make sure they are connected.

Can these things jump time. Is it possible for the key on the shaft to have broke and be letting the plug fire out of time?

Bruce

ruredy · 02-20-2008, 06:43 AM

what model cart do you have?

frogger812 · 02-20-2008, 11:29 AM

Is it a 2 or 4 stroke

Bruce · 02-20-2008, 06:58 PM

it is a 2 stroke

I believe it is a 1989 Marathon.

Hermie · 02-20-2008, 07:43 PM

1st try a new plug. Sometimes it will fire out of cylinder put not under compression

groundpounder · 02-20-2008, 07:59 PM

it may be a compression problem check the compression

caddymankc · 02-20-2008, 08:23 PM

2 strokes dont like cold, maybe you should try a hotter plug, just dont melt a piston.

StoveBolt · 02-20-2008, 09:13 PM

How are you checking spark? with the plug out and grounded on the head? and is it a strong blue spark?

ruredy · 02-20-2008, 10:25 PM

Was it running before and quit or did you get it not running?
can you tell if fuel getting in the cylinder, is the spark plug wet or dry?
Can you hear any hissing or whistling sound when you try to crank it?

Bruce · 02-20-2008, 11:42 PM

When I got the cart it was running. Then just out of the blue it was like it ran out of gas. Then as quick as it stops running after a while of trying to start it, it starts running again. Almost like it has a short in a wire.

I have checked every wire.
I have tried a new plug
The plug is wet with gas
I test it by gounding it against the head
I have not checked the compresion.

I was wondering if the key on the crank shaft could have broke and be catching enough every once in a while for it to start.

Bruce

02-19-2008, 10:53 PM	#1
Bruce Not Yet Wild Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3	cart will not start I would like to say that I have checked everything, but if I had, it would be running. The electric starter motor turns it over, but the gas motor will not start. It is getting fuel and the plug is fireing, but nothing. I have traced every wire to make sure they are connected. Can these things jump time. Is it possible for the key on the shaft to have broke and be letting the plug fire out of time? Bruce
Bruce Not Yet Wild Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3

02-20-2008, 06:43 AM	#2
ruredy Born Wild Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Clover SC. Posts: 5,552	Re: cart will not start what model cart do you have?

02-20-2008, 11:29 AM	#3
frogger812 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: michigan Posts: 54	Re: cart will not start Is it a 2 or 4 stroke

02-20-2008, 06:58 PM	#4
Bruce Not Yet Wild Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3	Re: cart will not start it is a 2 stroke I believe it is a 1989 Marathon.
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02-20-2008, 07:43 PM	#5
Hermie Not Yet Wild Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 61	Re: cart will not start 1st try a new plug. Sometimes it will fire out of cylinder put not under compression
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02-20-2008, 07:59 PM	#6
groundpounder Gone Wild Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: maine Posts: 3,352	Re: cart will not start it may be a compression problem check the compression

02-20-2008, 08:23 PM	#7
caddymankc WILD Join Date: May 2007 Location: lebanon county,pa Posts: 1,266	Re: cart will not start 2 strokes dont like cold, maybe you should try a hotter plug, just dont melt a piston.

02-20-2008, 09:13 PM	#8
StoveBolt Gone Wild Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Brooklyn, Michigan "Home of M.I.S." Posts: 3,666	Re: cart will not start How are you checking spark? with the plug out and grounded on the head? and is it a strong blue spark?

02-20-2008, 10:25 PM	#9
ruredy Born Wild Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Clover SC. Posts: 5,552	Re: cart will not start Was it running before and quit or did you get it not running? can you tell if fuel getting in the cylinder, is the spark plug wet or dry? Can you hear any hissing or whistling sound when you try to crank it?

02-20-2008, 11:42 PM	#10
Bruce Not Yet Wild Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3	Re: cart will not start When I got the cart it was running. Then just out of the blue it was like it ran out of gas. Then as quick as it stops running after a while of trying to start it, it starts running again. Almost like it has a short in a wire. I have checked every wire. I have tried a new plug The plug is wet with gas I test it by gounding it against the head I have not checked the compresion. I was wondering if the key on the crank shaft could have broke and be catching enough every once in a while for it to start. Bruce
Bruce Not Yet Wild Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3

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