Fuel/carb problem By davidworley16 (Read 659 times)

[davidworley16]

Good day to all. I'm new to scooters and have one that seems to be ok. I hit some Ice today and laid it over, whiskey throttle! Controlled it and hit nothing. As I got home after 1.4 miles It bogged down and died as I got to parking space. Strong smell of fuel. Noted no dripping but as I tried to start it it was giving signs of being flooded. I let it sit and as I went back out after 15 min I noted fuel on pavement. I opened door to carb and noted a small hose cut at 45 deg angle I assume is from carb drain tube.Over flow? anyway it was dripping so I clamped it with hemostats and pulled the cover off the breather box, filter soaked at far side with a wet streak along bottom of box to lowest point. I assume that since the fuel tank was full I created a flow of fuel through the overflow tube and it some how ended up flooding carb via the breather box as the overflow tube might come out near the breather intake? I will see if it starts and since I'm R&R the fuel and vac tubing I will post an update the marrow.
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Re: TaoTao 50 cc
« Reply #1 Today at 8:46pm »
Well I went back this PM to take a look and it started but I have fuel entering the breather box from the carb side. What the heck? Can anyone give me a hint? PS the fuel tubing on these things is SOFT! I will R&R ASAP! I tried to clamp it off and trashed the line from the fuel tank! Lol



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[imnts2]

I would start by replacing all the fuel lines that show any signs of leaking with good old ameriacan fuel lines. Some of the chinese fuel lines are not ethanl resistant and will soften and disentegrate with our fuel. But I suspect you may have a line disconnected. You could have a float valve stcking open in the carburator. Check about a bit with other scoot riders and find yourself a mechanic or take a class or two at the local JC or hight school Learning to be a mechanic by yourself is sort of assuming being a mechanic is a no brainer. I t really is not. their are some pretty good books that expain how the fuel system of a scoot works. Even out library heare has a lot of stuff.
Good luck
lefty2

[alleyoop]

It is all fixed:
Alleyoop

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