hey everyones my best friends dad owns a carburated model lude im not quite sure wat year and it will only start once ether is sprayed into it but once the ether is gone the engine stops and he said it was not acting funny before it died he parked it then it wouldnt start again wat could the problem be???

 

How long has it been sitting? If it was sitting for a long time the fuel may have just gone bad. My lude was sitting for about a year before I did the H22 swap and it ran like **** until I was able to fill it with some fresh fuel.

 

Yeah, i guess it could be bad gas. I'm not carb expert, but perhaps the carb jets (a la injector) are clogged? Gah, its been so long since my highschool shop class, i dont remember anything about carbs anymore, sigh. Good luck.

 

it has never justs at there until now before hand it wasj ust fine he drove it one day then parked it then the next day it wouldnt start without ether

 

your carb is clogged. what probably happened is that your fuel filter is old, and a big clog of schmutz ended up clogging your main jets. Drain the float bowl, remove the jets, clean 'em w/ carb cleaner, and re-install. make sure you replace the fuel filter, or it'll probably happen again.

it won't start w/out ether because it's running way too lean (i.e. it's not getting enough fuel)

I'm 99% sure I"m right. the only exception, however, could be that your diaphragm has a tear in it. you may want to remove the carb completely and check it out, piece by piece.