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Post by wildbill84 on Sept 5, 2012 22:34:37 GMT -5
I own a Vog 260 and it was running when i quit riding it. I just pulled it out the garage after 3 years of it sitting. I replaced the motor oil, and drained the old gas & added new. I have a new battery on the way. I tried jumping it off with my truck battery with the truck not running. It turned over fine, But it wasn't getting any fuel. I am replacing all ffuel and vacuum lines tomorrow.
Could old gas (3yrs. old) have ruined the fuel pump?
Could someone give me some pointers about how to get it back running?
Thanks -Justin
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Post by richardthescooter1 on Sept 5, 2012 22:56:19 GMT -5
Fuel pump should be good,you could just be loosing vacuum, I'd Put some sea foam in the gas tank, start it up and let it go though your line to carb. Your carb may need cleaning. (try the sea foam first)
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Post by skuttadawg on Sept 5, 2012 23:26:25 GMT -5
Remove the jets in the carb to clean it better than just spraying carb cleaner through it . Ethanol is gasonline will dissolve cheap rubber fuel lines which clog the jets and have varnish build up in the carb . Seafoam is a great product I put in a capfull every other fill up to keep it clean inside . Vaccum , fule and intake manifold why dry rot and crack and need replacing over time . Pull the spark plug out and ground it , then kick start it to see if it sparks .. Kickstarting will have much less fire than with the starter .
Car batteries can be a few hundred amps where many scooters are 5 to 12 amps so its easy to cook the electrical system . Check the fuse .
Is the gas tank above the carb ? If so its gravity feed where those that have the tank in floor use a pump . The fuel pecocks can go bad
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Post by wildbill84 on Sept 7, 2012 19:46:24 GMT -5
Thanks for all the advice. My battery came in today from Ebay, its a 12v 7amp, got it for $26 with shipping, it arrived with 13.1 volts. I got the VOG 260 running today. The fuel pump wouldn't work to fill the carb bowl using the starter so I had to use a miniature funnel and a piece of fuel hose to fill it myself. It cranked 1st time, then when gas started coming from the fuel pump line I hooked it back to the carb. Now i need to order a headlight bulb or two.
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Post by prodigit on Sept 8, 2012 5:46:03 GMT -5
Yeah, as soon as you pull up on the streets, do some (like 10-15 minutes) highway driving, to get rid of any corrosion, dirt, gum or old fuel residues.
About the same as my lawnmower, needs a few squishes of fuel before it starts well.
I wish the carbs had a finger pump, that would allow fuel to be pumped in there just in case the bike has been passive for a while.
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Post by trailheadmike on Sept 8, 2012 7:17:19 GMT -5
Welcome back Bill! Your old posts have kept me running for the last two years. Glad to hear you're back in the saddle.
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Post by rockynv on Sept 8, 2012 8:31:23 GMT -5
Don't forget the fuel filter while your at it. While Seafoam is pretty good O have had even better results Berryman's Total Fuel System Treatment. You might want to consider treating the first few tanks of gasoline with it at 2 ouces per gallon to get everything cleaned up.
If you didn't put a half ounce of oil down the spark plug hole when you put the bike away 3 years ago you may want to take it easy on the throttle for a while and add something like ZMax to the gas and oil to help free up the piston rings before going with the Berryman's.
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Post by wildbill84 on Sept 8, 2012 16:09:46 GMT -5
I just got back from oreilly's , bought a new fuel filter. Now, if i can track down that 1/3 can of seafoam i have around here.
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