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Anonymous Posted on Apr 22, 2009

I have a 1999 Suzuki GZ 250. It has been sitting for about 6 years. It has a new battery, new plug and it just cranks, but will not turn over. HELP

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I assume you have checked and that you do have spark.
Remove the water trap bowl at the bottom of the petcock, (gas valve). Is there any water or trash in the bowl? Drain a cup of gas from the tank. Is there any water or trash in the cup? Dump it, clean it and re-mount it, ( not all bikes have a water trap bowl ).

Drain the carburetor. There should be a screw on the lower side of the carb float bowl. Remove the screw then replace it after the fuel drains. Turn the gas back on and wait a minute for the carb to fill with gas. Install a new stock NGK spark plug and try to start the engine. If the bike doesn't start and run properly then shut off the gas and remove the carburetor from the engine.

Remove the float bowl and clean the entire carb with a spray carb cleaner from the auto parts store. Wear protective goggles to avoid getting spray in your eyes. Spray into all the little airways and fittings in the carb. Remove the idle screw and the air screw on the outside throat of the
carb and spray into the screw holes as well.
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Be sure to put these two screws back in the same hole they came out of. IMPORTANT > do not tighten these two screws down. Only screw these in until they LIGHTLY seat. Now turn each screw one and one half turns outward. Put the rest of the
carb back together, clean the air filter and install the carb. Let the float bowl fill then start the engine.

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Will the starter crank the engine over,if not check wiring at the starter and the solenoid.contact me at [email protected]

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I had a similar problem, it was the choke cable had rusted to were it would not move enough to choke properly.  I used rust remover and freed the cable and put back together and the bike started right up.

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