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Oh yeah it's gonna get costly LOL

Yeah a bit of a bummer lol. I'll check out the valves over the next few days hopefully. I'll get back to you when I've checked them out. Thanks for all the advice and info man, that diagram is really useful to help understand how the valves work. Cheers

It did sound like it almost fired at one point but other than that, no nothing at all annoyingly.

Update: Just sprayed some starting fluid straight into the carb. Nothing happened 😞. So whist I wait for a compression tester I have taken the carb off and will give it a good going over and refer to the service manual as I go. If the compression is too low how do you go about fixing it? And if it's not compression then I'll have to get into checking the timing. Fun times lol Cheers guys 🙂

That's good. I did think it was but just thought I'd put it out there 🙂

I'm using the electric start. However, both methods of starting it (electric and kick) produce a spark and make the fuel pump come on.

I'll try the starting fluid tomorrow evening and get back to you all. Just checked the manual for the psi range for compression. It says 178-206 psi. I'm going to get a tester and test what compression I have anyway.

Yeah it has an OEM carb on it and a new NGK spark plug. I'll try and start it with starting fluid tomorrow evening, and if that doesn't work I'll go into the carb and clean the valves and that. Will get back to you after the starting fluid. Thanks man

First: No there isn't an oem fuel pump on it, it has an Edelbrock Universal Micro Electric Fuel Pump on. I know you will jump at this and say get rid of it immediately lol, but I've seen lots of people use these on Facebook and other sites. It's not a Chinese pump which is a bonus aha. I would have loved to get an oem but they are around £150 new (the edelbrock was £50) and I don't have that much to spend unfortunately. Second: No the quad wasn't running when I bought it. It had no carb, no fuel pump, dodgy electrics and many other issues. The guy said it did run before he left it in the shed and took parts off it. Don't know how true that is though lol. Third: Not sure where I said I don't think it has good compression? (Don't mean to be rude there) I do think it has enough compression. I am going to test it as well. You have to put a fair amount of body weight into kicking it over lol. Yes I do have the service manual, it was one of the first things I got when I brought the old girl home haha. I have read a fair amount of it but not all yet. I have been pretty busy with other things popping up in life since I started this thread, so I haven't managed to get into the workshop to try out all the things everyone has suggested. Really appreciate all the help and advice everyone of you have given. Really helps. Thanks for going back through the simple stuff shade. I'll go through all the easy stuff when I get a bit of time before I start pulling my hair out lol. Cheers

I'll try that out, thanks shade

If the float valve is stuck what would I need to do? I did put a kit in the carb but it was shindy so that should be fine right?

Not sure if this is anything? This is a video of when I took the the plastic pipe (that joins the carb and the air filter) off. It's kind of hard to see but it shows the carb spurting a fine mist of fuel out. Still need to have a try with starting fluid, didn't manage to get any today *facepalm* lol Here's the video

Kill switch is set to RUN. No smell of petrol from the exhaust, but if you put your hand over the end you can feel quite a powerful blast of air every time it turns over. Not sure about a smell of fuel in the spark plug hole. Should I check if the spark plug is wet with fuel after trying to start it? There is a smell of fuel in the carb though.

Yeah fuel did start to come out the overflow hose after about 5 or 6 attempts, not loads and loads though only some drips. Each attempt it was turning over for about 15 seconds. How would I go about stopping it from flooding?

I'm going to get a compression tester and try the starting fluid. Any idea if brake cleaner would work as a starting fluid lol? I'll read up on the engine in the manual and learn some stuff haha. Printing a few copies out sounds like a good idea, instead of just having it digital. Thanks Goober!

Thanks that's good to know about. Which way is backwards? Lol. Is that when turning the flywheel by the nut?

Yeah I presume it's full, it doesn't happen straight away and there's only a few drops out the overflow. Not taken the bowl off to check though.

Oh no lol. That's not what I wanted to hear hahah 😂. If it comes to that I guess it'll have to be done. Fingers crossed though

Oh dear hahah. Well if it comes to tearing the top end down I'll do it lol. It'll just be a pain in the butt. I wouldn't need to take any side covers off or mess with the bottom end would I? I really hope not lol

Yeah I'll do a compression test first and post it up on here. I'll check the manual for what psi it should be

Okay thanks for that dude. If I have no luck with the starting fluid I'll get back to you and go from there I guess lol. Thanks for your help, very kind man

Okay thanks man. I'll test with starter fluid later today. I don't have a compression tester, are they all the same if I order one online?

Yes I'm getting spark. Pulled the plug out last night and tested it in the same way you said to. I'll get some starting fluid today and try with that. How would I go about checking if it's out of time, looking for bent/stuck valves or seeing if the rings are worn if that's the problem?

Pretty sure it's not an electrical issue as everything is working as it should. I could be wrong though lol. To check for a worn cylinder, rings or a bent/stuck valve I'd need to take the head off? Correct? Thanks

Hey Goober. Yeah I hear the pump buzzing and there is fuel coming out the overflow as I've tried starting her a few times lol. How do I check if a valve is stuck open?