| Date: | Sat, 08 Apr 2000 01:22:30 |
| Subject: | HELP! My Puch Is Dying |
| From: | scbnet@jps.net |
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Today I was riding my Puch (1980 Maxi, I think). I went to the north
part of town to my friends house and back. I travelled a total of 40
miles in about two hours of time.
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On the way back, it gradually began losing power. Where my usual
cruising speed is about 30 mph, after about a half of an hour of this
gradual loss of power I was topping at 12 mph.
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Finally I got home. I did some diagnostics. Nothing in the carbuerator
was clogged. No fuel lines or filters were clogged. It was getting a
spark. It had gas. I messed with the mixture screw. I can't figure out
what is wrong.
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My suspects are,
- Improper fuel mixture (this has never been a problem, but who knows?)
- Worn wrist pin, crank, etc. (However, I checked the compression and
it
was at 150 PSI (Usually excellent compression)
- A bad throttle cable. (I checked this, but again, who knows?)
- Timing, (It was getting a spark for sure, but I did a little bit of
off road and something might have gotten shaken up.)
- Transmission Problem (This seems unlikely, because the main problem
is
that the engine is not getting high enough RPMs, I really seems like a
fuel, or engine related problem)
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Right now I'm pretty sure that it has to to with the fuel system or the
engine itself because, as I previously stated, the primary symptom is
that it does not get high enough RPMs or torque, therefore less speed
and power.
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PLEASE!!! send me information on how to fix my Puch because I am moped
dependant and currently clueless as to why my moped won't work.
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