Scooter Won't Start By cfreece (Read 706 times)

[cfreece]

So I drive a 49cc Vespa LX 50. Originally my battery was just dead so I always kick started the scooter and that worked fine. Then on really hot days as I was using the throttle I noticed it would start to almost kind of give out and the scooter would only be going about half speed when the throttle was held down all the way. When this would happen it would be really hard to kick start again but usually I could kick start it after a few minutes. I'm not sure if the heat had to do with it or not. I live in Florida so almost every day is hot. However, now I can't kickstart the thing at all. Any help would be great.

[tvnacman]

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I would check the battery and charging system. what year and what is the mileage ?

[cyborg]

i had quite a few issues with starting and maintaining speed with my vespa,,,first you can not fill it with gas to the filler neck of the tank,,,it floods out the evap pollution system then it is a royal pain to get started and to run,,,then i had a tank venting issue so i drilled a very small hole in the cap and that cured that problem,,,then the vacuum fuel tap went bad so i had to change that,,,,,ect,,,

[cyborg]

Tvnacman is on the other issues with this bike,,,these machines like a fresh battery thats putting out good power,,they do not like marginal power,,,i changed mine out after i sorted out all the fueling issues,,it ran like a champ after i did

[tvnacman]

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dumping emissions for a test to see if it runs better. might be worth the effort.

John

[pgorevivedme]

Sept 16, 2015 11:25:32 GMT -6 cfreece said:

So I drive a 49cc Vespa LX 50. Originally my battery was just dead so I always kick started the scooter and that worked fine. Then on really hot days as I was using the throttle I noticed it would start to almost kind of give out and the scooter would only be going about half speed when the throttle was held down all the way. When this would happen it would be really hard to kick start again but usually I could kick start it after a few minutes. I'm not sure if the heat had to do with it or not. I live in Florida so almost every day is hot. However, now I can't kickstart the thing at all. Any help would be great.

I am putting my vote on your electric choke/enrichner sticking, if you pull your plug look for gold color, must not be ashy white/gold or black and wet.if any of those are present your carb needs a tune up. Drop it in a bowl of carb cleaner disassembled with the choke removed.

If it doesn't change then that's your target unless your air cooled which means the hot air ate your rings up. May be due for top end.