I was running to work (late) and hurrying a little on that post.
No, it doesn't run...yet. It seems to be in relatively good shape, but I got it from a lady who knew only that it was green and didn't work.
The carb overflow (the small tube going out from the carb and not connected to anything else, right?) goes straight down the body and nowhere near the air filter. The way it's set up, it doesn't seem logical (with gravity and whatnot) that gas would be able to get* to the air filter intake part of the carb without flipping the whole thing upside-down.
I'm sorry if I'm not entirely clear, this is my first moped and I know enough about combustion engines and bikes, but I've no experience with these (plus mine is kinda weird, being a four-stroke, American-named, Italian-built, lotsa Japanese parts conglomeration).
It looks to have had a minor dump on the right side (carb and air filter on left side). If that was possibly the last time it was run (engine kill switch is broken off...) ...
I don't know. I'm basically taking it apart and cleaning it and replacing plug, battery, fuel line, et cetera. When I get all that accomplished, I'll find out of it runs or not -- hopefully enough that I can trace a problem somewhere.
I wanted to know (since I lack the experience) if gas in the air filter was indicative of a specific problem or what.