Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum - View Single Post - Spark, fuel & compression but won't start

poppalou · 10-16-2012, 09:12 AM

No prior working on it. I use it to run my dogs through tall grass & pasture. It started when taking foot off gas it would chug a couple time & some backfires instead of normal shut down. Then the got longer and a heavy backfire. nothing since then.

It was loaded with grass, dust, mud which I cleaned off the engine. replaced the spark plug & yes it does fire. 1 value is sticking & is off 1/8 inch. I put Seaform into the oil to loosen up the #2 lifter. So far it is still stuck. Would this cause it to not start??

Can't ut my finger on it but think it has something to do with that air sucking sound I mentioned? could it be a blown gasket?

10-16-2012, 09:12 AM	#4
poppalou Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: on a farm in Ohio Posts: 4	Re: Spark, fuel & compression but won't start No prior working on it. I use it to run my dogs through tall grass & pasture. It started when taking foot off gas it would chug a couple time & some backfires instead of normal shut down. Then the got longer and a heavy backfire. nothing since then. It was loaded with grass, dust, mud which I cleaned off the engine. replaced the spark plug & yes it does fire. 1 value is sticking & is off 1/8 inch. I put Seaform into the oil to loosen up the #2 lifter. So far it is still stuck. Would this cause it to not start?? Can't ut my finger on it but think it has something to do with that air sucking sound I mentioned? could it be a blown gasket?