Grinding noise when attempting to start, i have audio + pics
by: peonpete - Nov 5, 2016 18:11:09 GMT -5
Post by peonpete on Nov 5, 2016 18:11:09 GMT -5
Hello, I have been having a issue with my 150cc Evo 150 Tao Tao scooter for the past two months. To give some detail about what i did to the scooter BEFORE the issue began to appear - I added a 11 pole Stator to it [works great] and DC LED lights to the front of the scooter. I put a performance exhaust on it aswell but beyond that I never touched the engine itself other than change the oil and add new gear oil to it.
Now the issue I have been having which has been getting progressively worse over the past two months, is that when i try to start the engine using the electric start i hear a electric sounding "whining" noise. At first it wasnt bad, it would do that for a second then boom start up. Since last week however it can take up to 20 seconds to get it started, and today it took me nearly a minute...I thought she died on me!
Im assuming it is the starter motor that is the problem, since it does start, if it was the solenoid i dont think it would start at all...I took the Starter motor out today and looked at it, it looked ok to but i will attatch a picture of it and also a 15 second mp3 file of the sound it makes when i try to start it. Thank you in advance!
Audio with grinding noise
Now the issue I have been having which has been getting progressively worse over the past two months, is that when i try to start the engine using the electric start i hear a electric sounding "whining" noise. At first it wasnt bad, it would do that for a second then boom start up. Since last week however it can take up to 20 seconds to get it started, and today it took me nearly a minute...I thought she died on me!
Im assuming it is the starter motor that is the problem, since it does start, if it was the solenoid i dont think it would start at all...I took the Starter motor out today and looked at it, it looked ok to but i will attatch a picture of it and also a 15 second mp3 file of the sound it makes when i try to start it. Thank you in advance!Audio with grinding noise
