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We are having less and less problems with ethanal. In the late 80 and early 90's I was in Illinois (sort of a corn state) and we were amoungst the first to use a lot of ethanol . I did a lot of custom work on british cars and we had a mess. Overrnight we were loosing diaphrams in fuel fumps and carburators. Even new diaphrams would melt in the stuff. Of course, in a few months , most of the suppliers were providing us with ethanal proff replacement parts and we moved on. The US and Brazil and perhaps Canada are the only nations I know of that now use ethanal fuel. From a marine standpoint, that is a big share of the world market and so expect those people to make enough noise to have some effect either in solving the problem or stopping the expansion. We are seeing more and more fuel injection in outboards and that seems to go a long way to solve the problem. No commonly manufactured automobile is without fuel injection any more. Despite how small our scoot market is, more and more scoots have become more ethanal tolerant via fuel injection. I also think the fuel manufacturers are getting better at the blending because modern fuel seems to work better in my antique string trimmers and chain saws than it did a few years ago. Even my 89 outboard seems to tolerate this years ethanal better than it did a few years ago. Either that or I have gotten better at keeping fresh fuel in it.

The bottom line is - I do not think we have seen anything yet. For the first time in history one nation bought more cars than the US only a few months ago. (China) But China's appetite for gasolene is just gotten a good start. India is not far behind and rapidly growing too. And 3/4 of the world is next. Thinking ahead the next 50 years is almost frightening. It may turn out we were very wise to be early in learning what we are about using corn fed engines.
Happy new year

lefty2

I did not notice if you have a VOM and know how to use it. Most shorts let you know pretty quick where they are. They often send up smoke signals. I would start by going to where you spliced in and disconnecting that and taping all bare wires carefully. Of course, I would check that the charging voltage was not much more than 13.4 Volts. Then I would ask you to spend sometime in a basic book on electicity. I used to have a little simple book that had an introductory chapter on DC electicity that also taught a bit on using a VOM. But that was near a lifetime ago. Bet there are some Utube videos or a dvd's that are a lot better and faster and more fun to get you a good start in learning to trouble shoot. Chinascoots tend to have electrical problems so you really do need to get a little basic training on DV circuits. You will need a wiring diagram for your scoot. Start researching for it now too.

I am sorry, If your scoot was in my carport I would probably troubleshoot it for you and make you provide the first beer later, but it isn't. so you have to do that for us.

Good luck
Cheers
lefty2

Welcome.
Oh I get it - you mean the subject English, not the nationality.
and I was getting all excited about hearing about scootin' in England.

Gee, my grammer and spelling is a joke on higher education (ABD phd) so I guess I will have to cheat and have a friend check my posts so you can read them without nausia.

Cheers
lefty2

I have not been in India but I have a lot of years in Asia other than India and China and Australia. It is not the speed limit so much as the roads. Even In Euope I am surprised how fast 20-25 mph can seem in a car. Narrow, winding streets with lots of bicyles and people walking slows you down. In fact, this is an unusually fast street.. A scoot is often a luxery in much of the world. Even on the "highways" you share a narrow roadbed with little no shouders with trucks, monstrous busses, 3 wheelers runing under 30 MPH, bikes, motorcycles, crazy Mercedes and Audis, and so forth. Very little like anything in the US.

Have you done a compression check?

Cheers
lefty2