suzuki ALT 185 wont start

[3wheelerlouie]

Having some issues with the ALT185 today , it has spark and wont start unless i shoot some fuel in the carb , the carb is clean and it wont start unless its nice and fat with fuel but to the point that it fouls the plug .. i tried another carb out of a running 185 and still nothing , new plug and nothing .. was running when parked last month .. It just seems to want to start only with starter fluid and even with that it just wants to start or if it does start its for a fraction of a second.. .. good spark , good carb , new plug , any ideas??

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[code200k]

are you getting fuel flow?i would clean out your petcock

[3wheelerlouie]

I just found out the reason why it was not starting , after a few months sitting outside and never turned over or even looked at . I remembered what i had to do with my old suzuki LT230 last year after it had the same symptoms , the rings were stuck to the piston and when i removed the jugg the piston fell too loose , the top 2 rings were stuck in the closed position and after a few minutes of heating them and spinning them i got them nice and loose .. I re-assembled the engine and guess what , it fired right up . .... I never had any issues like this with my honda trikes even after years of sitting , i guess its just a suzuki issue ..



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[jrpdash9]

My alt 185 sat for 6 years I just put a new pulg in it and 2 pulls later it's running