here I go again, in over my head

[neo19672000]

OK guys I just got an 83 alt50 for my sons 7th bday and when I went to pick it up I wanted to here it run but when the guy pulled the recoil starter, the cord broke. Me being too darn trusting sometimes I took his word that it would run (seeings it was recently rebuilt) with further investigation I found that;
1: carb bowl full of water.
2: crankcase shows no sign of water "thank the 3 wheeled spirit".
3: the oil tank was not hooked up.
So now what I did;
1: cleaned the carb completely,
2: put fresh oil in the case,
3: got a new plug and
4: went and got me some 32:1 premix.
now with the choke on I can get it to fire and run for 1-3 sec. then it dies, no choke no fire. Anybody got any helpful words of wisdom? preferably a little more helpful than the local suzuki shop that still insists that because its not in there computer that it was never produced.

[BigRedRunner]

Sounds like an air leak or misadjusted pilot jet. That or you may want take a compression check for us so you could rule out rings, reeds, etc.

[InPiEcEs]

Yea definitely go through the carb, and clean it out real good.
If it had water in the bowl, chances are there is a lot of corrosion in it.
Get some good carb cleaner and let it soak after removing any rubber and nylon parts. I would also remove the jets and pilot screw, and let them soak out of the carb. Let it soak a day, and then go through all the passages with compressed air.
Compression would be a good thing to check as well. If it runs at all, and has good resistance, compression probably is decent. It's always good to hook up a gauge and check though.

[iowarotax]

Uncle Sams Misguided Children. Whats up Jarhead? I spent over 3 years at Jacksonville in the Corp. Thank god I was overseas most of the time. I got out Nov 17 1989. Good to see a fellow Marine into trikes. Semper Fi!

[4cylinders]

hey, every one of those I worked on had a plugged exhaust. pull it off, and be sure to check the exhaust port too.

[neo19672000]

Alright I went to go get a compression gauge but of corse ours here at work was broke so going down the list I completely torn down and cleaned the carb again, no luck. next I wanted to take the pipe off but it was way rusted so I soaked it w/wd-40 and let it set. About 3 hours or so I went back out to check it and for shnittzngiggles pull the start cord and it ran like a champ. So if I got this strait if it wont run spray it w/wd and she'll work, thanks for all the advice-Brock

Semper Fi back at ya iowarotax

[bigreddaddy]

Great that you got it running. I'm sure your son will love it. I'd still check that exhaust though. My sons trizinger ran great then all of a sudden I had to put about a month of work into it. Seems most 50-60cc pingers are always having plugged exhausts.