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Post by nate1n22 on May 2, 2013 21:01:36 GMT -5
I un-winterized my 50cc Tao Tao scooter about a month ago, and it took a long time to start but eventually I got it running.
Fast forward about a month later (this week) I was out riding it and it felt like it was going to die when I stopped at stop signs or intersection. When I made it home it died the minute I let off the accelerator.
The next day (yesterday) I changed the oil, and had problems starting it. So today I bought a new spark plug (NGK 4629/C7HSA) and put it in and still had problems starting it.
Eventually I got it started but it died on me when I went to turn around on our street.
I'm guessing it's a dirty carburetor, but I've never messed with the carb on the bike, so any info would be great.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Post by urbanmadness on May 2, 2013 21:07:50 GMT -5
did you drain the old gas? It could be the carb plugging up, or it needs a valve adjustment... is it a four stroke?
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Post by nate1n22 on May 2, 2013 21:27:33 GMT -5
Yeah I drained the old gas. It is a 4 stroke
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Post by gatekeeper on May 2, 2013 23:39:23 GMT -5
Valve adjustment time.
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Post by h3nry on May 3, 2013 2:09:18 GMT -5
So its not wanting to idle after warm? Maybe there is a vacuum leak somewhere, check all vacuum lines.
I recently had the issue of once warm it would die at any stop, turned out to be a vacuum line from the intake to the petcock was broken
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Post by DaveC on May 3, 2013 8:51:04 GMT -5
Run a crapload of Seafoam thru it, that should clean out the guts of the carb.
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Post by ej132 on May 3, 2013 10:07:49 GMT -5
+1 for a good helping of seafoam, I dont drain gas on any of my machines, just stabil before storage then seafoam in spring.
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Post by urbanmadness on May 3, 2013 10:14:00 GMT -5
The more I'm thinking about it, it's acting like valve adjustment. When was the last time you ran the valves on it?
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Post by nate1n22 on May 3, 2013 19:24:01 GMT -5
I put stabil in it in the fall, and still had problems getting it started in the spring. I have also put SeaFoam in the gas tank, and tried it again the other day.
I've never done anything to the valves, I just got it back in June 2012.
I'm going to look into getting a valve adjustment.
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Post by nate1n22 on May 3, 2013 20:06:42 GMT -5
[replyingto=h3nry]h3nry[/replyingto]I started not wanting to idle randomly while in the middle of the road. Now it wont idle at all.
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Post by h3nry on May 3, 2013 22:25:55 GMT -5
Yes, not wanting to idle some times but others it is fine. I had the exact same issue... the broken line was bouncing around and sealed some times.
Anyways, hope you can find the cause
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Post by nate1n22 on May 5, 2013 20:30:46 GMT -5
I just wanted to update this thread, while I was taking the scooter apart to adjust the valves I noticed a vacuum hose was broken. I replaced the hose and it starts and runs just fine.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
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