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Message: [QUOTE="Agitator, post: 1125341, member: 65797"] I have a '94 husky wxc 610. It usually starts first kick (choke and no throttle) and runs flawlessly. Today was a different story. The bike started first kick, but then stalled. I was able to restart it a few times and it would promptly stall. I finally started it and held the throttle at a high idle.. maybe 2500rpm. After a while, I wanted to see if it would idle.. cut the throttle.. it died. I kept trying to restart it, but it backfired a few times (never happened before) and kicked the kick starter back on my foot really hard :uh: I figured I'd use the compression release to reduce this.. I started hearing the engine kick every now and then (no choke) but when it kicked, I'd hear a clank :fft: I figured this was because of the decompression mechanism holding the exhaust valve open. I tried w/o the decompression lever pulled. Still got the clank. I don't want to get the engine running only to fry my valves because they are improperly adjusted. I have run the bike several times since the valve adjustment, but only a total of 15-20 minutes. It has run fine until today. My valves are set at: Intake: .004 Exhaust: .006 I asked about the clearance before, but want to make absolutely positive it is correct. Also- if someone could please explain why improperly adjusted valves will fail, I'd appreciate it. I know that having valves properly adjusted is crucial... I'd just like to know more about it. Thank's. [/QUOTE]