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Check air filer to make sure it's clean. Try starting it with the air filter off. It it still wants to stall even with the air filter off, spray some carb cleaner around the carburetor and the choke and try again with the air filter on.

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Also check the float needle in the carburetor, it may be sticking in the closed position starving the motor of fuel. Check spark plug lead is not loose.

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ohhhhhh my guess is the spark plug its self, remove the lead and take out the spark plug ,two strokes tend to leave oil on the inside of the plug causing it to look black and preventing the spark from jumping the gap, wash it in fuel and dry it, a mild grade sand paper say 600 grit to 180 grit can be used to further clean the gap making sure that you dont widen the gap or decrees it by dropping it, blow all sand paper remaining on the plug off put it back in and try that , if after about 6 or so attempts to start it and u fail remove the plug and look at its condition, if wet or blackened clean and dry and try again

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Starting then stopping after a few seconds indicates it is not getting gas. A pin hole in the carburetor diaphram will cause this. Normally you would have a hard time getting it started if the spark plug was bad, but it is good policy to change it every year.

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