Here’s what I’ve done to my Kinetic to try to get it to start
- cleaned the carb probably six or seven times, it’s not dirty, there’s no buildup, no varnish. Used pressurized cleaner to force through all orifices, all clean.
- remixed with fresh gas and oil
- replaced fuel filter and hoses
- sprayed starting fluid in spark plug hole and through carb
- pulled muffler off and blew through it, seemed ok.
- Pulled spark plug and cranked the pedals checking for spark, has nice blue spark
- Replaced the CDI on recommendation of a repair shop
- Disassembled the headlight and checked the wires on the switch, they’re ok
- Checked the tail light, it lights up while I’m pedling and so does the headlight.
- Pulled the cylinder head off looking for a bad head gasket, clean as a whistle, no blow-by, checked the decompression lever system, it’s ok as well.
- Checked the head compression, and my gauge stops at 120 and that’s where it’s at
- Plug is wet when I remove it, but not soaked.
What else is there to do? I have a borrowed carb on the way to test with.
Posted on Sep 5, 2003, 8:29 AM from IP address 12.34.164.85
