Hey everyone. I wish I would have found this forum before I bought an ATV. I looked yesterday for a while on here and found lots of great information.

I bought a new TaoTao ATA 125 F this week, and like many of you I'm having trouble with it. I've started it a few times and it seems to run ok around the yard (I haven't cranked it out yet), but usually it won't start. My guess is since it turns over fine as long as the battery is charged, that the gas isn't getting to where it needs to go. In the owners manual (which I think is the wrong one for my ATV) it says there is a fuel petcock. I can't find that thing anywhere. But again it has started and run a few times so I know it works. Maybe there is a safety device thats getting engaged. Let me know what you think.

 

I know with my 110D, it takes just the right amount of choke to get it to light off and usually a couple of shots of gas from the thumb throttle. Mine lists the fuel petcock as well and did not have one until I added it. Once yours starts does it idle down unattended w/ out stalling and have full range of throttle response?

Joel

 

Once the ATV is started I have no problem with it. The choke is by the start button, but I can't figure out which was is on. It's not the same as my manuel. I've tried different settings left, right, middle but not much help.

An idea I'm considering is that the battery is not giving it enough juice to start up, cause it seems that after I charge it really good, it will sometimes start. But not always.

Any other suggestions?

 

I think this solves my problem. Thanks spliffy!!!! I tried this simple fix and it started up 4 times in a row no prob.
spliffy
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Hopefully this is the easy fix.... on the left hand handlebar kill switch, it is actually a 2 part kill switch, make sure its in the run position, usually in the middle & then push it in, alot of times that is all that is wrong, the switch will not allow spark until the actual switch is pushed in.

 

My atv wont start i tried the killswitch option but it still did not start are there any other reasons on why it would do this?

 

Does it have a tether switch. Not knowing what ATV you have I will take a guess that it is a smaller Chinese unit. Lots of those have a tether kill switch on the back. Sometimes they will work loose and shut everthing down like a kill switch.

 

Have you checked to see if you have spark? Here is the generic procedure:

What brand quad is this? Is it a four stroke?

If you do have spark, and your quad is a four stroke engne, try dribbling a half teaspoon of gas into the spark plug hole. Put the plug back and try to start the quad. It should fire and run for a couple seconds on the gas you dribbled in. Does the engine start?

What is the history of this quad? When was the last time you saw it running? Have you ever seen it running? Was this a sudden failure, or did the quad get harder to start over time?