BT200X Help

[MrRoboto]

Brought home a BT200X tonight and within 10 minutes my son put it into a cattle fence and it landed somewhat on the right side sort of upside down. Long story short, he’s fine but I can’t get the thing to run for more than a second with starter fluid. At first it wouldn’t even pull when trying to start it. I removed the air filter, it was wet with oil, and the spark plug and there was oil spewing out of the spark plug hole when I pulled the starter. I pulled the starter until no more oil came out, cleaned the plug and left the filter off. I tried starting it for probably 30 minutes and can only get it to run a second or so with starter fluid? Any suggestions?

 

[Minimichael]

Take off the blower cover and inspect the flywheel for a sheared key. Tighten down or otherwise ensure the carb and intake remain airtight at all gasket faces. Check that the choke's not damaged and engaged.

 

[RobertC]

Hello @MrRoboto ... welcome to the Oldminibikes.com forum.

In addition to what @Minimichael suggested , make sure you have enough oil, after losing some.

 

[Mark Brooks]

MrRoboto in conjunction with what @RobertC they hv an oil shutdown switch on them. It's located in the block itself, hence another possibility why it won't run.

Oooh and welcome to Oldminibike forum!

 

[MrRoboto]

Thanks for the welcome and ideas! I tore into it this morning, pulled the bowl off the carburetor (it was full of oil), cleaned the carburetor, put in a new spark plug, and changed the oil. After I put everything back together it started up on the first pull! Looking forward to seeing my boys wrench on this thing and tear around on it!

 

[DaddyJohn]

Thanks for the welcome and ideas! I tore into it this morning, pulled the bowl off the carburetor (it was full of oil), cleaned the carburetor, put in a new spark plug, and changed the oil. After I put everything back together it started up on the first pull! Looking forward to seeing my boys wrench on this thing and tear around on it!

I was going to mention that these things can get a carb full of oil when the engine gets turned over or laid on its side, but it looks like you discovered this quickly. Nice job!

 

[RobertC]

That is great news @MrRoboto !

Back up in one day, good job.

Sounds like they are up for the tearing part !!!

And it sounds like they've got good support backing them up.

Crashing a few times is all part of it. They will learn from it.