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Old 02-02-2015, 02:48 PM   #3
crawdaddy34   crawdaddy34 is offline
 
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Don't expect that the valves were ever set correctly from the factory. My money is on at least part of the trouble being caused by the valve clearance.

If you open the throttle while cranking, you're introducing more air that the engine must compress. They don't like that. A properly tuned motor like this should start with no throttle.

A spare CDI is terrific for troubleshooting.

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Your logic is right on track. You're not far from the solution.
My only hesitation with blaming the valves it that I didn't do anything to them the last two times this problem just "went away". Would they fix themselves and then get out of whack again?



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