i had one bought here for the same sort of thing , just kept pulling it for a while with plug out and lead away from fuel spray !!! left it in the sun a few hours and it finally chugged itself back to life , smoked like h#@&+* too for 10 mins and allgood . seemed they left fuel on so almost a full tank went through it . g3 it was too , the guy lost the small button on top of tickler and put a nut on it !!! so as bruce said , it was holding the float down a touch wink . still has a spark , nice and blue ?? cheers2 , Dave