350X: FL to PA won't start

[camoweasel]

Just like the title says, I'm once again living in cold PA so now I can not for the life of me get my 350X to start. In FL, I didn't have much trouble starting it but now with the cold winter climate it wil not fire!! My first guess would be the gas. Is FL gas different then PA gas?? I suppose the PA gas would have additives to help with cold starting?? I'm lost. Here is my setup:

400Ex carb
190 main
42 pilot
air screw 2.5 out (all though I tried at mant different settings but nothing seems to help)
no airbox lid

[Thorpe]

Put your airbox lid on it... Its a Honda, so its cold blooded... Lots of choke. My BR is weird, MN cold, and it like full choke for a few spins, then no choke, it will pop, turn the choke back to full, and it will start right up...

[sittinguy]

Why would you leave FL?

Depending on your altitude. You might have to adjust your carb needle position.

[camoweasel]

I moved to FL in hopes of finding a job and relocating. Plans didn't work out so now I'm back home in PA. My altitude is about 2200 feet. The needle is set in the middle position. By luck, I did get started yesterday and took it for a ride. It honestly seemed fine to me. I couldn't tell any changes or flat spots anywhere in the powerband. It's just trying to get it started. Today, I kept messing with the fuel screw. I turned it in and out to various positions with and without choke with no success. It seems like it will fire for about 2 revolutions then quit. That and with the temp being colder, there is more resistance when trying to turn the engine with the kicker lever.

[Headsup]

Lol if your messing with your air/fuel mixture screw prolly needs readjusted.. Where u at in PA? Ride together some time

[camoweasel]

Lol if your messing with your air/fuel mixture screw prolly needs readjusted.. Where u at in PA? Ride together some time

Yeah, I pretty much got that figured out?

[Headsup]

Take her all the way in an back it out 1 1/2 turn to 2 full turns.. should be close.

[camoweasel]

Take her all the way in an back it out 1 1/2 turn to 2 full turns.. should be close.

I did 0.5 turn increaments from 0.5 to 3.5. Nothing seemed to help.

[three_wheelin45]

Theres a Honda for ya.... my x dose not like cold weather, some days she just simply refuses to crank(that or I just get tired after 10 kicks) and I just say heck with it and jump on the bayou

[jrsqlc]

i ran my x in late november with the air box lid off and it ran the best it ever did, i went out during our spell of nice weather and kicked that sucker 20 times before it fired and it didnt want to run from 3/4 on....tempermental hondas

[MTS]

Try some 0-40W Amsoil in it,,If your leaving it outside in the cold, Might have to Adjust the pilot jet and Fuel screw also.

[Dirtcrasher]

Air screw and pilot jet will get it going 1st kick with some trial and error.......

[200XMichigan]

A lot of it is figuring out the trick to your machine, my 200X liked to have me pump the hell outta the gas 7-12 times depending on temp, kick it once with full choke, go down to half choke, pump the gas 3 more times and it would fire right up like it should, but it was all in that weird ritual, anything else and it was terrible to start.

[79fordblake]

In my area around close to 0 degrees is as cold as it ever gets. Summer time or winter time I flip the choke on all the way pull the rope one time and it fires, move the choke to half and it starts. I have been through my carb a thousand times and I am still tinkering with it. I am sure poor quality of gas could be a part of your problem. All the vehicles I drive are carburated so I can tell when I get good gas and when I get bad gas. Most of the time I get bad gas, lol. The only thing I have that runs good on todays crappy gas is my old John Deere tractors.(originally ran on disilate or kerosene)

[Headsup]

Alot of people must get Different jets for their machine to work year round. Just change them with the season..