2013 Honda Helix MC-13-250 By robertban (Read 1,226 times)

[robertban]

well more help needed my friends after draining carburetor and replacing the fuel line from the fuel low-tension switch back to the carburetor thinking this was causing scooter to still flutter and die after the temp gauge gets about 1/8" above the ½ way mark or after about 5 miles of continuous riding I’m not thinking this is a valve problem anymore I do now have the valves to a light rattle have tried resetting air fuel mixture both ways still not helping (which I have to remove the the carb each time just to give it 1/8 turn) got the scooter set to where just touching the yellow start button it fires up probably less than a half crank I have notice that when I check the battery volts when it is at idle it only reads about 12.72 course all the lights our on (what should the normal volts be? My battery is a new duralast ETX9 the battery that came with the scooter would not even hold charge(bad out of the box THANKS MEGAMOTORMADNESS for your great help) anyone else have any other idea that could be causing this thing not keep running. Keep in mind you can give the scooter all kinds of hell until it gets to the temp above im beginning to think megamotormadness knows they sold me a lemon probably why they have never replied back

[Alleyoop]

You do not have to take the carb off or rotate it a little to get at the Fuel Ratio Mixture. Go or order from harbor freight one of these:
The battery volts are fine at those numbers if all the lights are on, that is pretty good for idle. The question is do the volts climb when you give it throttle say to 3-4K they should rise to 13+ volts if the charging system is doing it's job.

Question DOES THE FAN COME ON when the temp climbs?
Alleyoop

TO ADJUST your Fuel Ratio Mixture you can buy this or make one up with a strong piece of metal or wire.


Or one of these but they want a lot of money for them:

[kz1000st]

The thing is dying when the choke kicks off. Either you have a clogged jet or a bad fuel pump. Have you replaced the vacuum line to the fuel pump? Before you go nuts with this, I would put 3 ounces of Seafoam in the gas tank, put the bike up on the center stand and run it until the temperature gauge gets to where it usually craps out. Let it idle and occasionally blip the throttle until the back wheel spins and let us know what is happening. It also could be a bad CDI or coil. They might be dropping out when they warm up. Either way a "No Load" engine test will tell you a lot.

[robertban]

Alleyoop:
the fan use to constantly run when the engine was started so I put a switch inline to prevent the constant on and I have the tool above with the ratchet (shame on me didn’t think about that) but not for sure if that would work on the carb.I have is the one with the air mixture at the front of the throttle control be tight space as for the battery volts I wasn’t for sure what it should be at idle I was thinking it should have been 13 volts but I do know when I was using the battery that came with the scooter that wouldn’t hold a charge before I brought a new battery when you went to shut the scooter off by key or switch to shut it off it would keep cranking the engine until I unhooked one of the cables then when hooking the fully charged battery back up it would throw a heavy spark to kick out the bendix which I’m hoping that it didn’t do any damage to the alternator so far its starting and shutting down like it should.

Kz1000st
Not for sure but I thinking the problem starts after the choke has been open for awhile I have set up fast idle when first starting the engine and turning it back down as the engine warmed up to its proper idle state took the carb back apart Saturday removing jets and blowing with air still clean as a whistle have not replaced the vacuum line yet that is my next project is to replace all vacuum line and try to locate a vacuum tester for checking the fuel pump (what would be the vac to the fuel pump and how much should the fuel pump output preasure be?) didn’t use seafoam but instead used sta-btl still on first tank of fuel also I have shut down the fan and let the engine almost all the way to the hot side it still rev up without crapping out only when trying to ride it

You all are so great for info I appreciate your help so much I try to do all I can by myself for I’ve been disable since 07 due to heart failure now on my second defibrillator/pacemaker and just wanting to try and enjoy my scooter why I can it just aggravating megamotormadness hasn’t reply with any help or parts being a new scooter never thinking I would have this much trouble (( THANKS again for the great help ))