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wrong fuel in mini moto?

i have put the wrong petrol in our mini moto and now it will not work. Any easy solution to this problem
D, December 2010
Hi Chris. I've had a similar problem. Bought a brand new mini moto yesterday and identically put in oil with no fuel. We've flushed the tank and inserted the right amount of unleaded and T2 oil. Taken it to a garage and apparently the spark is fine. Anything Im missing?

Jeremy, January 2011
Hi, not much to go on here and that includes whether it's a 2 or 4 stroke engine you've got, but first you said fuel which i could take as meaning diesel,in which case i would drain & flush the fuel tank & tap, strip the carb & clean, take head & barrel off and check/replace rings, as it hasn't run you may be lucky to get away with a clean.But if you mean "wrong petrol"? as there is only unleaded in either 95 or,i think, 97 octane , you cannot go wrong whichever one you use. i can only think that you have a 2 stroke fuel/oil mix in the tank type, but failed to add 2T oil & the engine has seized, but you say it wont start so it cannot really seize up by trying to start it!? check the spark plug anyway for fouling.

Chris P.Duck, December 2010