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Scooters - 125 to 300 => Super 8 150 => Topic started by: Rocky Raccoon on September 01, 2013, 05:27:47 PM

Title: Random stalling and shutdown -- follow up
Post by: Rocky Raccoon on September 01, 2013, 05:27:47 PM
Following up from this older post:
http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=7439.0 (http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=7439.0)
I experienced the same problems as described in the post and tried all of the solutions suggested.  No luck.
Before doing anything drastic when your scooter stalls and/or quits at random times, try loosening the gas cap as the first diagnosis.
I spent weeks trying to figure out the problem, and many emails to my dealer, his personal visit to my place to take a look, and hours of research....
Only to discover that the gas cap venting was blocked.   The caps are tough to take apart so I bought a cheap cap on eBay and slapped it on.
No problemo from that point on. 
Try the easy stuff first!
Carry on....
http://tinyurl.com/lxbe5un
 (http://tinyurl.com/lxbe5un)
Title: Re: Random stalling and shutdown -- follow up
Post by: PeTroL42 on September 04, 2013, 04:09:45 PM
Following up from this older post:
http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=7439.0 (http://www.kymcoforum.com/index.php?topic=7439.0)
I experienced the same problems as described in the post and tried all of the solutions suggested.  No luck.
Before doing anything drastic when your scooter stalls and/or quits at random times, try loosening the gas cap as the first diagnosis.
I spent weeks trying to figure out the problem, and many emails to my dealer, his personal visit to my place to take a look, and hours of research....
Only to discover that the gas cap venting was blocked.   The caps are tough to take apart so I bought a cheap cap on eBay and slapped it on.
No problemo from that point on. 
Try the easy stuff first!
Carry on....
http://tinyurl.com/lxbe5un
 (http://tinyurl.com/lxbe5un)

Thanks for the tip. 

One question though.  Is the vent built into the gas cap? 

I thought the vent was one of those other hoses coming out of the top of the gas tank that goes into the emissions canister.