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Post by woodcbc on Mar 8, 2011 16:28:11 GMT -5
I bought an off brand Chinese 150cc scooter used. i have adjusted the valves to a setting that seems to work best during the colder days. I have also cleaned the Carb and replaced the electric choke. It ran great for a while with the exception of backfiring. I now have a new problem; if I drive it for more than a few miles at a time it will act like it is choking, then it loses power and when I come to a stop it will die. If I sit for a bit and try to crank it a few times it will eventually restart and then run like nothing has happened.
Does anyone have any ideas?
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Post by sprocket on Mar 8, 2011 16:47:58 GMT -5
Sounds like gas starvation...
I suspect you have a faulty petcock or on some models perhaps a fuel pump. Check the vacuum hose for leaks to these. It usually runs off the intake elbow, that the carb is attached to. If there is a plastic 'T' in the vacuum line replace it with brass...
What is happening is the float bowl fills with gas and you run for a few minutes. Then it empties and it stalls out. When it is running there is probably not enough vacuum to keep the float bowl filled...
I would check the valves...this could also cause a drop in vacuum pressure...
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Post by rockynv on Mar 9, 2011 5:26:03 GMT -5
If you have a fuel pump you may also have adjusted the valves too far out so it is not getting a good enough pulse to pump enough gas to keep it going at speed. Also an ignition pickup going bad can give you a similar problem.
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Post by edfr on Mar 9, 2011 21:08:32 GMT -5
Did you adjust your valves Intake .004 and Exhaust to .005? You mentioned that " i have adjusted the valves to a setting that seems to work best during the colder days" what did you adjust them to? If adjusted right it does not matter whether its cold or hot, that is more to do with the amount of fuel it requires. Cold Weather requires more fuel to be feed so you richen it up, Hot Weather you may have to Lean the Carb out. Lefty Read more: scootdawg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=talk&action=display&thread=36711#ixzz1G9sVZ2mQ
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Post by woodcbc on Mar 10, 2011 18:29:54 GMT -5
Thanks for the advice. I am going to check the valves again this weekend as well as the fuel filter. Seems like I am always having to adjust those things. I read up on the ignition pickup, sounds similar to what I am dealing with as well. It doesn't nor has it ever liked to idle.
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Post by woodcbc on Apr 9, 2011 12:17:11 GMT -5
It has been a while since posting on this so. I adjusted the valves to spec and it started, idled and ran great. However, it still died after driving a little while. With time the distance I drove before it died got shorter and shorter. Now it is less than 2 miles. I checked the fuel filter and made sure that the fuel pump was getting enough vacuum to move the gas. Gas runs great into the fuel filter and the filter is not clogged. It started, but idled rough. After helping it idle to give the fuel system a chance to regain the fuel lost due to changing fuel filter, the engine was bogged down and shut off when giving gas. Now I can not get it to start at all.
Any ideas?
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Post by sjpassa on Apr 9, 2011 12:45:31 GMT -5
after adjusting the valves to spec did the backfiring stop that is usually a symptom of incorrect lash in the valves just trying to see if it was two separate problems or linked together
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Post by woodcbc on Apr 9, 2011 12:59:03 GMT -5
it never stopped backfiring. Doesn't do it as frequently now. Infact today it did it once while holding the engine at 2000 rpm
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Post by sprocket on Apr 9, 2011 14:56:39 GMT -5
Backfiring is indicative of air in the exhaust flow .. how is your exhaust pipe, any leaks?
You need to check fuel flow to the entrance of the carb. Could be a weak petcock
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Post by edfr on Apr 9, 2011 20:09:43 GMT -5
Backfiring is caused by a LEAN condition. So start checking for air leaks, Header Pipe is always suspect when backfiring, Vacumm hoses cracked Intake Cracked Air Filter cracked etc.. You have a leak somewhere, if it has emssion stuff check those hoses and where they connect as well. It should only be getting air from the Air Filter. Lefty
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Post by danwhittaker on Apr 9, 2011 20:28:04 GMT -5
i had the exact same issue about a month ago.. tried everything i could possibly think of before ordering new parts.. nothing seemed to help..
i replaced my cdi box and my ignition coil with performance parts..
since then ive put nearly 500 miles on it without a single issue..
i was told by numerous people on here that neither part sounded faulty, due to the symptoms. (backfiring, bogging down and dying, hard to restart..) might be something to look into. symptoms are identical to the issue i was having.. it was only a $50 fix.
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Post by sprocket on Apr 10, 2011 12:54:53 GMT -5
Both CDIs and coils can get TIRED.
The CDIs have capacitors in them and while they will work, they get slow to charge and this sets the engine into a 'retard' spark state.. it usually runs very poorly at 1/2 throttle and above...
The coils can also become slow to charge and this causes the engine to run like the timing is out of whack, which it is...hence the backfiring.
The problem is that these conditions are very hard to diagnose and they can be intermittent, based on things like heat etc.
I recommend everyone change their CDI, ignition coil and pick-up coil (Hall Effect stator trigger) every 3rd season, even if the scooter is running fine. Costs about $50.00 for stock parts and $80 for NCY or better parts.
Simple preventative maintenance...dawgs
And you can keep the old parts for spares...
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Post by bigg75 on Dec 23, 2011 1:40:14 GMT -5
Im having the same issue as listed here...where can i find a cdi box and ignition parts...are they model specific?
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Post by sprocket on Dec 23, 2011 12:29:23 GMT -5
There are two types of CDIs.. they are AC powered or DC powered. Check the wiring doing to the CDI it is the best way to tell what you have. Attachments:
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