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Super 9 / Re: Carb/fueling problems
« on: January 13, 2013, 06:10:02 PM »
Thanks for all your comments and suggestion. I still can't figure whether the problem is fueling or something else. It starts fine when cold, I wait for the engine to warm and choke to go off, then it accelerates fine but when I stop at a traffic light engine dies as if it ran out of petrol. I tried increasing the idle rpms but it doesn't seem to make any difference. What else I should check? It stays at idle speed for an hour in the garage, and it runs with 40-45 mph so could it be:
carburetor settings?
Spark plug/coil?
Air/air filter related?
Bystarter?
Reed valve?
carburetor settings?
Spark plug/coil?
Air/air filter related?
Bystarter?
Reed valve?
As a last resort I opened the fuel tank in case it helped create the vacuum for the fuel flow. I put it back and tried to start it; it worked again. Went for a half hour ride and worked fine - constant speeds of 40 mph - so I am now completely baffled. I'm hardly confident to go too far from home on it, so I still need to find what causes it to cut off and the next minute to work normally.
My scooter started cutting off after the fuel in the carburetor is spent. I took the carburetor off, took it apart and cleaned everything, then put it all back. Also with the air filter. The same problem; it runs fine (light brown spark plug color) until the fuel from carb runs out. What I noticed is that it has an automatic cock fuel valve, meaning that it needs vacuum from the carb in order to release fuel on the line. Could the cut off be caused by not enough vacuum created for the auto cock to release fuel? Thanks Chris.