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Frank Angerano

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  1. You could technically pull the spark plug wire off and crank the engine and spray the head down with windex to see if your getting bubbles or any substantial pressure out of any place but I don't think thats going to show much because its prob a low pressure leak. 
    The crank case has a breather hose, have you checked that it's properly venting and not kinked or clogged? 
    The only other way i have ever traced an oil leak that I could not see was using graphite or talcum powder. I literally squeezed the tube in the area of the smoke.   The powder sticks to the oil showing a trail.   

    Now, aside from and before you do all this you can simply pull the valve cover off, apply a coat of high heat silicone on both sides of the gasket and re install and see if the problem stops.   If so its a warped valve cover
    Let it dry 12 hours ! 

     

  2. Welcome to Quadcrazy.  
    The top of the head has two valve adjustment caps. Have you checked them? They have small rubber rings underneath them they get flattened out and go bad. I would check them clean them off good put some silicone on them leave the gasket in place and bolt them back down.

    When you rebuilt the engine im assuming you changed the valve stem seals ? 

    Lastly is the valve cover itself. Have you checked it for any warps or dents where the gasket is not sealing the gap? This can be done by pulling the valve cover off and placing it on a flat surface and slide a piece of paper around the edges  to see if it slips under the cover at any point. 
     

  3. Your welcome on the help but its no biggie. 
    The decompression lever is usually at the top of the engine.  Take a look there for it and definitely pull the spark plug and see if the starter will crank the engine.  It could be a broken spring on the automatic decompression device which is located on the cam shaft.  But that depends on the model and if yours has one.  I would have to look at the manual to verify.  Im just going off of the top of my head on what a lot of the atv engines have built in.  

  4. Absolutely will draw air intake on the bowl with a bad bowl gasket.  What happens is you get a corrugation of fuel and air going up into the needle.  Its like a carbonated effect. 
    I would shut the fuel off and run the engine dry. Unscrew the bowl drain screw on the bottom of the carburetor to get all the fuel out. Wipe down the edge of the bowl where it meets the carburetor and run a beed of silicone around the seem.   Let it dry good over night and reset everything back as it was and fire it up.  If it runs good then you need to put a new rubber gasket on the carb. 

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