Originally Posted by
Noelm
OK, on an old 2 stroke, leave the start spray in the shed, it will remove what little lubrication is on the cylinder walls, the motor should start without any sprays and fuel in the spark plug holes, so lets start right at the beginning (a new water pump would be nice, but does not need to be done straight away, as long you are not going to run it for long) so remove a plug, make sure there is spark, prime the fuel and turn it over with choke and some fast idle lever, if no start, remove a plug and see if it is wet and then get back to us.