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I have a golf cart that stalls out if I don't hold the choke out. Does anybody have any advise on what I should try to fix it. If I run it for five mins or more it seems to get better. I guess clean the carb but wanted to get some ideas before I tear it apart. It must be a fuel starvation issue of some sort, right? Thanks.
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I think you're right about fuel starvation. Check the fuel filter beffore tearing the carbs apart
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Hey great idea thanks. I'll do that first. Does that usually cause what seems like a cold engine situation like that?
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Yeah...well...in the meantime, Brett...Do you mind if we play through???  (....I mean, you're holdin' up our game here, bro!!!)  
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Hey great idea thanks. I'll do that first. Does that usually cause what seems like a cold engine situation like that?
Yes.
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HD made golf carts too, maybe the problem starts there! 
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I have a golf cart that stalls out if I don't hold the choke out. Does anybody have any advise on what I should try to fix it.
MacGyver the choke out (clamp, duct tape, tee, bubble gum) and keep on playing!! And when it rains, take time to check the fuel filter.
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Ha! You know Dwight I never thought it was the golf cart why people are one finger waving at me out there. It can't be a HD it doesn't shake nearly enough for that  I'll pull the fuel filter and let all y'all know how that goes.
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If it's an AMF, even Harley purists knock 'em cuz they break down too much.
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I have a golf cart that stalls out if I don't hold the choke out. Does anybody have any advise on what I should try to fix it. If I run it for five mins or more it seems to get better. I guess clean the carb but wanted to get some ideas before I tear it apart. It must be a fuel starvation issue of some sort, right? Thanks.
May be fuel starvation, may be a vacuum leak. Check manifolds, see if it has squirrel condoms that may be cracked, keep your left arm straight and follow through.
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What oil you using in that thing 
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We rescued an old Harley golf cart from a local golf course boneyard. It gave up many years of good service, and is still a viable machine. Just needs a little TLC at the moment. How to win a bar bet: Start out by saying something along the lines of: "Factory built Harley 3 wheeler..." 
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We rescued an old Harley golf cart from a local golf course boneyard. It gave up many years of good service, and is still a viable machine. Just needs a little TLC at the moment.
How to win a bar bet:
Start out by saying something along the lines of:
"Factory built Harley 3 wheeler..."
Thanks for the idea... I'm gonna try that one out sometime!!
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It's funny that a golf cart thread started here just a few weeks after my dad bought my wife a nice used Yamaha golf cart. She is having a lot of trouble getting around lately, and I even use it occasionally. It's fun!
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So today I cleaned out the fuel line, turned the AF screw clockwise 1/2 turn (can't remember off hand if that is richer or leaner), and increased the idle a little. Figured I would tweak the free things first before springing for a new fuel filter. The manifold is metal coming off the carb and I couldn't find any squirrel condoms.
It's a yamaha btw.
And last but of course not least I'm running 10w30
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Keith, gotta say I've never seen a segway "golfcart.he'She seems to run a little better just with my tinkering today. I think I'll have to give her a few days and a couple hundred yards of drive time to see how she's doing. Gotta admit it's hard not to slap a better air intake and exhaust on there and goose the jets etc...
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