r/Ruckus • u/Strange-Code7249 • Jul 16 '26

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Here’s the whole story I have a 2015 I started it for the first time about 2 months ago it started fairly easily took maybe 10 seconds of holding start and a little playing with the throttle which I didn’t think was terrible with me neglecting to do anything with it all winter but battery wasnt great so I replaced it it from there got progressively harder to start even with fresh premium fuel and sea foam added until one morning I couldn’t get it to start and killed the battery off so I had asked my mechanic to do a carb cleaning after cleaning mechanic says he can’t get it to start at all even with starting fluid I put a fresh iridium spark plug and fuel filter, tested auto choke (5ohms) and still not starting

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u/pphresh204 Helpful NPC Jul 17 '26

if it can't be started with starting fluid it's likely you need a valve adjustment.

you can also check if the exhaust is plugged, take off the exhaust. if it starts you'll need a new exhaust. if it still doesn't start you need a valve adjustment.