I went one day to buy a old Harley Davidson, shift on the side of the tank old. The bike looked great, but it would not stay running unless you had it almost on full choke. I decided not to buy it thinking there was major trouble somewhere. Well, as the luck goes I ran into the man that owned it later on. He told me that it had a bad vacuum leak at the carb. Did I buy it then? Nope, he already sold it. Boo-Hoo. Check REAL good for a vacuum leak. Somewhere. Good luck.