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Post by jster on Aug 19, 2011 17:46:13 GMT -6
I'm a newbie at both this site and on working on things, but I had similar problems with my MC-54-250B. Adjusting the valves was suggested to me and that fixed my problem. Good Luck
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Post by jster on Aug 19, 2011 17:40:51 GMT -6
Interesting Bashan, very interesting. So from what the article says, only high performance vehicles(auto's, moto's, and scooter's) that can produce enough heat from a high compression ratio will benefit from high octane gasoline? Who knew? Thanks for passing that on. Now I can go about saving myself some money by buying 87 octane.
Wait just a minute. Before sending this response, I checked my owner's manual, and my scoot's compression ratio is 10.3:1 . So, being the newbie that I am, what does this mean? Is this ratio high enough to warrant using high octane fuel? What is a high ratio compression rate? You mentioned 9.3:1 is on the low end and 10.5:1 may want to consider high octane. Is 10.3:1 close enough to warrant using high octane? Thank you in advance for doing the research on this for those of us who are too lazy to.
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Post by jster on Aug 15, 2011 16:29:27 GMT -6
Thanks Alleyoop. Do I just hold the screwdriver tip with some long nose pliers and adjust the screw that way? I can't seem to reach the screw with a normal screwdriver because of the postition of the screw.
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Post by jster on Aug 15, 2011 14:39:53 GMT -6
I have 1750 miles on it and put 91 octane or higher gas in it. I want to play with the air/fuel mixture screw on the carb, but cant figure a way to get to it. Do I need to take off carb to adjust it?
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Post by jster on Aug 15, 2011 13:38:11 GMT -6
I don't know if the auto choke is working. I will do some research and see if I can find out if it is working.
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Post by jster on Aug 15, 2011 13:24:20 GMT -6
I have a MC-54-250B and got 50 mpg's when I first got her. I replaced all fluids, fuel filter, rear tire, adjusted valves, and now get 56 mpg's. I want more mpg's. What are some of the things I can adjust, replace, or clean in order to get better gas mileage?
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Post by jster on Jul 11, 2011 10:21:39 GMT -6
Problem solved. Adjusted the valves yesterday. It will idle now at 1800-2000 rpm's and it also won't die when coming to a stop on the road. Thanks "bhinch" for steering me in the right direction. Know I need to bleed the brakes.
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Post by jster on Jul 8, 2011 16:43:57 GMT -6
Thanks bhinch. I have 1400 miles on it and I will drain the gas tomorrow. Like I mentioned before, I am learning to do the work myself and need a few pointers on adjusting the valves. Do you know of a link I can go to and get a crash course on valve adjusting?
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Post by jster on Jul 6, 2011 22:05:01 GMT -6
I am just learning how to work on my scooter and am finding it a lot of fun to do it yourself. I have a MC-54-250B scooter that has sat with a cover on it for the last 6 months with a full tank of gas in it. Recently I replaced the coolant, gear oil, and motor oil. I adjusted the idle so I don't have to manually hold the throttle at 2000 rpm's to warm it up, so now I start it and it fluctuates between 1800-1500 rpm's. I have the scoot on the center stands and haven't taken it out yet since changing the fluids. When it's warmed up and I rev the engine to 4000-5000 rpm's and let go of the throttle and let it slow down on it's own, it slows down to an idle of 1000 rpms or less and it sounds like it wants to die, and sometimes it does. When I rev the engine when it sounds like it's going to die, it will spring back to the idle that I set it for which is the 1800-1500 rpm's. If I rev the engine to 4000-5000 rpm's, let go of the throttle and apply the brakes,(just like being on the road), the engine dies. I had this same problem last year before I covered it up. The idle screw was easy to find and get to. Any suggestion on finding the air/fuel mixture screw? I hope that is all that needs to be done. Do I need to remove any panels to get to this air/fuel mix screw? Or worse yet, do I have to remove the entire carburetor?
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Post by jster on Jul 5, 2011 22:19:30 GMT -6
I'm going to change my coolant and don't know how to "burp" the cooling system. Any pointers on how to do this? I have a Roketa 54 250.
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