Help needed with HS50...

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FoxFire3

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I got it this past Saturday and put it on the bike yesterday. It came off of a snowblower so I replaced primer carb the carb with a $15 knockoff. I got it running but when I gave it some throttle it would rev up and want to stay up. Then it would finally idle down and die. I messed with the settings and after way too much messing it finally seemed to be running well. Had plenty of power and idled down nicely. I took it out for a ride after work today and it was back to not idling down and stalling once it finally did. I have to crank the idle up high to keep it running and I’m now seeing what I believe is white maybe blue smoke when I throttle it.
The spark plug isn’t new but it’s gapped and definitely not fouled. Also, it is not a points engine.

Thanks for any help you can offer.
 
Steve73

Steve73

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FoxFire3 said:
I got it this past Saturday and put it on the bike yesterday. It came off of a snowblower so I replaced primer carb the carb with a $15 knockoff. I got it running but when I gave it some throttle it would rev up and want to stay up. Then it would finally idle down and die. I messed with the settings and after way too much messing it finally seemed to be running well. Had plenty of power and idled down nicely. I took it out for a ride after work today and it was back to not idling down and stalling once it finally did. I have to crank the idle up high to keep it running and I’m now seeing what I believe is white maybe blue smoke when I throttle it.
The spark plug isn’t new but it’s gapped and definitely not fouled. Also, it is not a points engine.

Thanks for any help you can offer.
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Ive always had good results using some seafoam with every engine I get.. Helps..
 
DaddyJohn

DaddyJohn

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I'd swap one of the $10 eBay carbs onto it and see what that does. The snow blower carbs are made to run at a steady throttle setting, and don't always translate well to mini bike use. Has worked fine for me, and there's a low financial risk to giving it a shot. Probably some threads on here dealing with the swap...
 
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FoxFire3

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Thanks for the suggestions, hopefully I’m not jinxing myself but it seems to have been nothing more than sediment in the gas tank. I put the bike together this Sunday and used an old pesticide tank for the gas tank and it isn’t as clean as it could be.

I swapped the carb, drained the tank and added an inline filter to cover my butt.

Thanks again...
 
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