Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum - View Single Post - Has fuel but wont run without Starting fluid

Lochlin · 03-14-2018, 12:30 PM

There is a repair manual here that will show you how the cart goes together:

http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/garag...ir-manual.html

Spicy is spot on, your crank seals are probably bad. If those are bad then there is no vacuum in the motor to properly operate the fuel pump and suck gas into the cylinder. Certainly check compression also but, that it will run when you use some ether in it, it's a tell tale sign that your cart will run if it gets fuel......it's just not getting any. I doubt it's the carb. A trickle of gas from the pump just won't do it. A good functioning fuel pump should fill up an 8 ounce juice glass in 8 - 10 secs. Those things put out more gas than a lot of people think.

Some starting fluids will say on them, "Lubrication added, safe for 2 cycles" or something like that. If you are using something that doesn't say that then, like Spicy said, you are running your engine without oil and that's a no no obviously.

03-14-2018, 12:30 PM	#4
Lochlin Gone Wild Join Date: May 2011 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 2,945	Re: Has fuel but wont run without Starting fluid There is a repair manual here that will show you how the cart goes together: http://www.buggiesgonewild.com/garag...ir-manual.html Spicy is spot on, your crank seals are probably bad. If those are bad then there is no vacuum in the motor to properly operate the fuel pump and suck gas into the cylinder. Certainly check compression also but, that it will run when you use some ether in it, it's a tell tale sign that your cart will run if it gets fuel......it's just not getting any. I doubt it's the carb. A trickle of gas from the pump just won't do it. A good functioning fuel pump should fill up an 8 ounce juice glass in 8 - 10 secs. Those things put out more gas than a lot of people think. Some starting fluids will say on them, "Lubrication added, safe for 2 cycles" or something like that. If you are using something that doesn't say that then, like Spicy said, you are running your engine without oil and that's a no no obviously.