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I recently purchased a 1993 Yamaha Big Bear 350 for $300 from a guy at work who could not get it running, getting rid of old fuel and changing the plug it fired up, it has a new carb rebuild that was done before i bought it, problem i have is that it only starts and runs on half choke, even in the -15 celcius canadian weather today. im not sure where to start on this, any help would be great, thanks.

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just let it soak 24 hours. then after in another bucket with warm clean water, swirl it around and then spray it with carb clean. the pine sol is ok with all the rubber fittings too. i cleaned my carb to what i thought was perfect before, but never was right. after the pine sol treatment, it works great !!

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yeah, sounds like a full carb clean is in order - too many people think yanking it apart and spraying it down is the same as a rebuild. Make sure the pilot jet is clear - if you don't have a jet cleaner set (K&L makes a nice one) a single wire from a wire brush is typically small enough to poke through.

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