Strange idle, now will not start
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 12:27 am
Hello! Been lurking here learning... been very much enjoying my new to me/under 2k miles 2014 Buddy 50, but the other day I cranked it up and it had a very high idle: almost to the point of engaging forward motion - after revving it a bit, it idled extremely low and died out. Started right up.
It had been a similar situation for a few days, I had taken to keeping it revved a bit at stoplights if it did not automatically idle high (I found no clear pattern)... it would sometimes idle, but sometimes even coasting to a stop with no throttle applied it would die out. I could feel/hear it struggling and sometimes rev it up to get it going again, but sometimes even though it was still "running" and I revved it - it did not keep the engine running.
Today I had trouble restarting it after it died out at idle - most recently I had to kick start it to get it going.
Now, I pulled into my driveway and it died out... I checked around to the limited capacity I can - and found the oil was overfilled/spilling. I siphoned some out... put everything back together... and started it up.
It started right up (new battery) and idled for a few seconds... I didn't rev it up, and it died. I tried to restart, cranks very strong but no luck. Kickstart, no luck...
Unsure what the issue may be - I inspected the throttle cable at the handlebars and it seems to move freely... aside from over filling the oil reserve I'm not sure of any issues...
Intuitively I am thinking it may be flooding the carb - and now after trying to start it over and over it is even more flooded... but this does not explain the strange idling problem - of which I had thought it was something to do with the cable/connection of cable... I'll be studying the issue tonight and look to tackle it again tomorrow - any help would be much appreciated.
In a way I'm looking forward to digging in there and figuring it out! I wanted to do some work on the scooter, but I'd have rather it been on my terms... ah well, as it must be!
It had been a similar situation for a few days, I had taken to keeping it revved a bit at stoplights if it did not automatically idle high (I found no clear pattern)... it would sometimes idle, but sometimes even coasting to a stop with no throttle applied it would die out. I could feel/hear it struggling and sometimes rev it up to get it going again, but sometimes even though it was still "running" and I revved it - it did not keep the engine running.
Today I had trouble restarting it after it died out at idle - most recently I had to kick start it to get it going.
Now, I pulled into my driveway and it died out... I checked around to the limited capacity I can - and found the oil was overfilled/spilling. I siphoned some out... put everything back together... and started it up.
It started right up (new battery) and idled for a few seconds... I didn't rev it up, and it died. I tried to restart, cranks very strong but no luck. Kickstart, no luck...
Unsure what the issue may be - I inspected the throttle cable at the handlebars and it seems to move freely... aside from over filling the oil reserve I'm not sure of any issues...
Intuitively I am thinking it may be flooding the carb - and now after trying to start it over and over it is even more flooded... but this does not explain the strange idling problem - of which I had thought it was something to do with the cable/connection of cable... I'll be studying the issue tonight and look to tackle it again tomorrow - any help would be much appreciated.
In a way I'm looking forward to digging in there and figuring it out! I wanted to do some work on the scooter, but I'd have rather it been on my terms... ah well, as it must be!