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Post by cytoruck on May 20, 2013 22:26:32 GMT -5
thanks, actually i prime the fuel bowl by manually activating my vacuum fuel pump
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Post by cytoruck on May 20, 2013 0:04:20 GMT -5
bike was running great for a week, got gas, went for a 5 mile ride, parked, wouldnt start back up, removed intake hose, slightly covered carb throat with hand, started up(like crap) TONS of white smoke then chokes out, pulled carb apart and inspected everything, all correctly cleared and functioning, checked gas tank and...
Cloudy whitish gasoline?
My theory is that somehow... water may have gotten into my fuel, as water has the same effect as seafoam when introduced to the combustion chamber (it looked like i was just seafoaming through a vac line) thats my conclusion, i just want some second opinions, the gas also felt weird?... sort of.. oily? but did not smell like oil and was not dark like oil, just a weird hazy cloudy look whilst looking into the tank
What do you guys think? No time to flush the tank and see it im correct unfortunately will have to do tomorrow
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Post by cytoruck on May 17, 2013 13:29:13 GMT -5
Thanks guys, ill try to explore all of this today, you've all been great help
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Post by cytoruck on May 17, 2013 12:34:58 GMT -5
dont the headlights run directly off of one of the stator wires? why would the voltage regulator make a difference? also, while all the information provided is great im not seeing how the tail lights needing to be changed would effect the headlights? headlight lenses are clean i can physically see the light being created on or in the filament of the bulb and its incredible dim at idle then it gets super bright while riding and then eventually just fades away, im not sure if you guys missed it or maybe i missed the part addressing it but how is it that applying the brakes makes the headlights full bright, almost like the brake lever switches the headlights to dc, like... it instantly goes bright, I am going to try unplugging one headlight and seeing how the operation is and then unplugging the other one, i wouldnt think the voltage regulator would be bad though either simply because the battery is 100 percent charged, it has been running and starting perfectly for weeks
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Post by cytoruck on May 17, 2013 1:05:18 GMT -5
so when i first start the bike the headlights are dim, but get brighter with rpms, however after about 5 minutes of riding the lights no longer come on at all, the kicker is that when i pull either brake lever the headlights turn on full power while the brake lever is engaged, as soon as its disengaged the lights go out again with no change in output with rpms... what could this be, really boggling my mind
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Post by cytoruck on May 16, 2013 11:01:16 GMT -5
are you sure its gas and not condensation? that would mean that its running rich enough to shoot raw gas out the exhaust,
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Post by cytoruck on May 11, 2013 3:27:42 GMT -5
Anyone done this successfully with an actual improvement to acceleration/idle? about how far did you move it which direction? i have the orange cdi which "advances" but its kinda hard to tell for sure on those
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Post by cytoruck on May 9, 2013 22:02:09 GMT -5
the stator has independantly operating poles, the only ones needed for the engine to run are the CDI Ouput and the trigger pole's, you can still run with just those 2 poles intact and not be charging the battery at all and also (since most chinese scoots run headlights ac) your headlights and other acc may not work because those run off the same type of poles as the poles that go to the rectifier and then to charging the battery
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Post by cytoruck on May 9, 2013 22:00:09 GMT -5
most of the time when installing a stiffer torque spring you need to use heavier weights for the break in period, on a stock bike alot of the time what happens is you can only get to 30 cause you end up hitting rev limiter because your rpms are too high thus needing the heavier weights
when i had my ruckus and i put a 1500 rpm spring in i had to go from 5.5's to 7's to calm down the motor until it broke in
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Post by cytoruck on May 8, 2013 21:18:29 GMT -5
i know i have pretty much figured it out was just looking for personal experiences
this scoot wasnt revving past 3k rpms and i wasnt sure why and now it wont start. i know its the cdi yes but again looking for experiences.. no one has given
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Post by cytoruck on May 7, 2013 23:12:30 GMT -5
looking for some input from everyone who has had to replace a cdi, how did you know that was the specific issue that was bad, these chinese scoots dont have the best wiring so my next attempts will be to replace all the connections between everything for the engine to run with higher quality tighter connecting plugs
one issue i had was that i was getting all the correct voltage numbers but couldnt for the life of me get spark, replaced the cdi and she fired right up, now with a different scoot im having a no spark but power isnt getting to the coil + either from the cdi... so im assuming thats bad but i just want everyones input, and please dont link a how to troubleshoot no spark, ive already got the whole document memorized, i just want personal experiences
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Post by cytoruck on May 6, 2013 22:14:43 GMT -5
dont mix CDI's use what your scoot came with, the trigger should have a minimum of .5VAC, make sure you saw 2 and not .2 cause .2 will be no bueno, and if your coil is plugged in to the cdi output it will not show the correct amount because the voltage is running through the coil, Test the coil + lead when disconnected and cranking the scoot, you should see at minimum i think its 18VAC
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Post by cytoruck on May 6, 2013 16:28:42 GMT -5
id say get some precision drill bits and drill your jet bigger
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Post by cytoruck on May 6, 2013 14:33:28 GMT -5
try jetsrus.com
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Post by cytoruck on May 5, 2013 19:53:32 GMT -5
when removing the airbox remove EVERYTHING associated to it. all you need it A. Carb B. Fuel line going in C. vac line as follows in the form of a Y (T works as well) [CARB] V [INTAKE MANIFOLD] and the bottom part of the Y, the | to the fuel pump (if yours isnt gravity fed), all other lines can be scrapped, removed etc, if you have any extra nipples where lines were somewhere for some reason that you cant remove, block them off
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