jiffy problem?

[Tyler23]

i bought a new 3 horse jiffy stx stealth last year took it out for the first time today and it fires right up but has no power and bogs out and stops right away.. its brand new so what gives? anyone else have this problem?? i am going back to were i got it and hopefully they will return it???

[eyemaster]

do you have fresh gas in it? maybe too much oil? I would check the plug also

[BIG DS]

Just needs a small adjustment.

[Tyler23]

which is?? it also doesnt idle very well.... forgot to add that

[RebelSS]

We could devote an entire site to this..check on previous threads for solutions/problems. But for now, let's do basics quick: If it fired right up & runs, plug is OK. Bogging is a sign of poor fuel/fuel starvation. Did you run 'er dry last year and lube top end/carb? If not, and you have old gas in it, dump it out, put in proper mix with some Seafoam, and let it run awhile. Old gas will moisture up/varnish up real quick...and the winter gas around here is plain lousy. That fouls up your needles/seats, and you'll have some in your fuel bowl also...that's why I use ONLY non-oxy gas in my engines. Being it's new, try that for now...I'll bet it corrects your problem...02 worth from an ex-engine builder/racer.

[patsrock]

May sound basic, but is the vent on the gas cap open?

[trapperdirk]

All of the above thoughts are dead on but I had somebody drop by complaining about their auger doing the bwahhhh . Seems the sparkplug was loose .

TD

[Tyler23]

plugs tight, vent is open...

[Eelpout08]

If its brand new last year and sat all summer i would put money on there being gum/varnish in the carb. fresh gas and seafoam like rebel said and maybe it will work the [PoorWordUsage] out. if that doesnt work you will have to take the carb apart and clean everything very thoroughly. those carbs have tiny little passages in them and it doesnt take much at all to plug em up.

[Tyler23]

brought it in today to scheels. its still under warrenty so there taking care of it. they said it sounded like the carb just needed some adjusting. i had seafoam in it from last year but i drained it and put fresh gas in it today