hi all, i bought a minimoto today and i cant seem to get it started, has a spark new clean fuel and a clean carb, it feels like its got too much compresion because on compresion stroke its hard to turn a lot more than my other mini motos and they start first time.
If both your bikes are doing the same thing id have to see if there is water in your fuel. This time of year when you have warm days but still have cool nights can cause condensation to form in your tanks or can. After trying to start and pulling the plug do you notice beads of water on your plug? Or after cleaning and replacing the plug does it fire over than stop firing over and just spin
If both your bikes are doing the same thing id have to see if there is water in your fuel. This time of year when you have warm days but still have cool nights can cause condensation to form in your tanks or can. After trying to start and pulling the plug do you notice beads of water on your plug? Or after cleaning and replacing the plug does it fire over than stop firing over and just spin
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Originally Posted by bullwinkle0689
my midi was doin that and it turned out i had a smashed piston
straydawg63, my fuel is clean and mini moto stays in house room (under the stairs) the two that wont run iv only just bought and they aint been used for 12 month the thing thats throwing me is how hard it is on compresion to pull thanks for your input so far
bullwinkle0689, when i had the carb off i was turning the engine over and could see the piston through the port and it looked ok or can you not tell by that? is it a strip down and a proper check? is it possible that its the piston rings gummed up and not letting air through?? thanks in advance
i thaught my piston was fine by lookin through carb and exhaust, didnt find the damage till i took the head off. have a look at the 2 stroke midi section, ive got a thread sayin somin like have a look at my piston or something http://www.pocketbikeplanet.com/showthread.php?t=78153
its not necaccerily (or however you spell it) what wrong with yours but your symptoms are the same
Last edited by bullwinkle0689; 04-06-2012 at 04:02 PM..
i thaught my piston was fine by lookin through carb and exhaust, didnt find the damage till i took the head off. have a look at the 2 stroke midi section, ive got a thread sayin somin like have a look at my piston or something http://www.pocketbikeplanet.com/showthread.php?t=78153
its not necaccerily (or however you spell it) what wrong with yours but your symptoms are the same
ill whip it of now and have a look, will update when iv inspected it
i thaught my piston was fine by lookin through carb and exhaust, didnt find the damage till i took the head off. have a look at the 2 stroke midi section, ive got a thread sayin somin like have a look at my piston or something http://www.pocketbikeplanet.com/showthread.php?t=78153
its not necaccerily (or however you spell it) what wrong with yours but your symptoms are the same
i took the piston of but does not seem like there is any thing wrong with it cleaned it up and going to put it back on today..
another thing that stopped mine from firing was wires too close to the HT lead, the spark was dumpin out across the gap
i dont think mine is jumping as iv tried it in a dark room to check to see if i had a spark and i cant c it jumping, and iv changed the ht lead and coil from my other running bike, but that still dosent explain what feels like super high compression going to get my fella to bring the compression tester home just to check that its not...
Think he is talking about where the wire goes on to the coil, inside you can't see thru the rubber, it can burn the wire away over time then there is a gap it has to jump to go thru the wire, that sucks off the power and when it jumps the spark plug gap it's weak. These coil are Crap to begin with.
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