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Post by gspot on Aug 7, 2013 20:48:26 GMT -5
This is my 2nd scooter and it smells like there is a dead mouse around the engine area. Smelt it on the 1st scoot. ?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2013 21:15:42 GMT -5
Buy some new shoes  New scooter? New mufflers smell a bit until crap burns off. Old scoot...maybe a critter baking in there. |
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Post by skuttadawg on Aug 7, 2013 22:02:39 GMT -5
Clean it as you may have muck on the exhaust or on the engine . Does it burn or leak oil ? Running hot ?
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Post by rockynv on Aug 8, 2013 4:12:12 GMT -5
Chinese Cosmoline type preservative coatings do smell bad don't they. Some believe they are all made from not to refined fish oil but...
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Post by keltex78 on Aug 8, 2013 11:17:33 GMT -5
Yeah, my new scooter stank for the first week or so until all of the oils/grunge cooked off. Still a little bit of the smell when the motor is hot but it's much better than it was when I first rode it around the neighborhood...
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