Yes I checked that the choke was lined up and fully closing. Also EME says that they use genuine walbro carburetors and not clones so that shouldn't be the problem the engine runs good once you do get it started the problem is it's just so hard getting started it takes about 20 to 30 minutes of flipping the prop to get it started. My mistake was not buying a desert aircraft engine from the start. I was trying to save a few bucks I should have known that would come back to haunt me.