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General Discussion / Re: 2008 Kymco MXU 500 ATV wont start
« on: December 15, 2016, 10:06:53 PM »
Hey Terry,
You would think so right...??
It has been an ongoing issue & my last mechanic told me that the injectors on the motor were incorrectly sized causing them to burn out the plug (or something like that)....
Now he could not & would not guarantee that if I paid him the replace the injectors this problem would go away (as it would have cost about $500 to repair), so I told him not to do anything....
I am struggling with the notion that the factory installed injectors were the wrong size & that even though I bought it used it is a 2008 machine & why would this all of a sudden become an issue...??
After speaking with a spark plug expert I was told I might be better to change up the spark plug for one slightly different (something about engine heat or something).... as you can likely tell I am no mechanic so most of this stuff does not make a ton of sense, but I am semi retired now & have to try to repair things myself as I do not have the money to keep paying a mechanic unless they can actually fix the problem (then it may be worth the money)...
Anyway, it was -25c outside today so I will have to wait for things to warm up a little before I can work on it, but any more suggestions as to what the issue might be would be very helpful....
I will post any resolutions I find....
Thanks again!
Mike
You would think so right...??
It has been an ongoing issue & my last mechanic told me that the injectors on the motor were incorrectly sized causing them to burn out the plug (or something like that)....
Now he could not & would not guarantee that if I paid him the replace the injectors this problem would go away (as it would have cost about $500 to repair), so I told him not to do anything....
I am struggling with the notion that the factory installed injectors were the wrong size & that even though I bought it used it is a 2008 machine & why would this all of a sudden become an issue...??
After speaking with a spark plug expert I was told I might be better to change up the spark plug for one slightly different (something about engine heat or something).... as you can likely tell I am no mechanic so most of this stuff does not make a ton of sense, but I am semi retired now & have to try to repair things myself as I do not have the money to keep paying a mechanic unless they can actually fix the problem (then it may be worth the money)...
Anyway, it was -25c outside today so I will have to wait for things to warm up a little before I can work on it, but any more suggestions as to what the issue might be would be very helpful....
I will post any resolutions I find....
Thanks again!
Mike