It will start and idle fine all day if you wanted it to. But it dies just like you pushed the kill switch when I give it full throttle. My local dealer could not figure out what the problem is. He was going to put a new carburetor on it but he said it wasn't a fuel issue. It will run for about 10 seconds at full throttle...sometimes longer and sometimes less. I need help fast....the weeds are getting tall fast.