[uthe54]

this was a year and a half ago - seems like not that distant.

anyway, it turned out it was the fuel enrichment circuit - if I remember right, I unplugged it and went riding and didn't have the problem (had other problems since it was unplugged, but it didn't die)

I bought a new carb and swapped the enrichment circuit between the two and been doing fine ever since.

in fact, I started my buggy about a month ago and it had been sitting unused for at least 6 months - nothing but the battery maintainer hooked up to it. was amazed to see it fire up so easily. I attribute that to the ethanol-free premium gas I put in it. I think it might have had some stabilizer in it also.

Funny you should mention fuel lines though because I forgot I need to replace them on mine. Last time I was out, I think the lines I put on it weren't made to handle the small amount of heat from the engine because they expanded and there was a slow gas leak coming from the line. Need to replace that before my next buggy outing which is in 4 weeks!