Troubleshooting
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9. Troubleshooting
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Starting difficult
Phenomeno
n
Possible Cause
Correction
No fuel
Add fuel
Air hole clogged
Clean clogged
Oil cock clogged
wash
Main jet adjusted not
well, or clogged
Readjust,
wash
and blow
Oil path
unpassing
Needle valve or float
blocked.
Repair or renew
Fuel
too
dirt
or
deteriorated
Renew fuel or clear
carburetor
Water in the fuel
Renew fuel and
clean carburetor
Too much fuel in the
cylinder
Drain
fuel
and
clean spark plug
Spark plug
normal
Fuel
system
abnormal
Oil path
passing
Wrong fuel
Chang fuel
Carbon deposit and
dirt electrode
Clean
carbon
deposit and dirt
Damaged insulator
Renew spark plug
Electrode
burn
through.
Renew spark plug
Spark
normal
Spark plug
poor
Wrong gap
Adjust gap
High
tension
coil
damaged
Renew
high
tension coil
Igniter coil damaged
Renew
high
tension coil
Cylinder
pressure
normal
Fuel
system
normal
Spark
normal
No spark
Magnetic
field
strength not enough
Charge
magnetic
or renew
Piston ring worn or
broken.
Renew
Ring cementation
Clean
carbon
deposit
No washer or not
tightening
Add
washer
or
tighten
Leaking from joint
Renew gasket
Cylinder
pressure
abnormal
Fuel
system
normal
Igniter
normal
Spark plug
normal
valve sealing poor
Lap or renew