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Side By Side / Re: 2012 Kymco UXV 500 General Troubleshooting
« on: June 09, 2024, 01:49:30 AM »
One Kymco peculiarity is voltage while cranking (or any other time as well!) must not fall much below 10 volts or no spark. Try measuring battery voltage while cranking. These things will spin over at 9.5 volts but absolutely no spark.

I was excited for your reply. I ended up replacing the ignition coil, but didn’t have any luck. I went out as fast as I could to check the voltage drop  and…12.34v sitting and 11.53 when try to crank. Tested at the battery. So, I almost gave up, then I traced the wires that go to the ignition coil. They go to a CDI. Part #30400-LEE8-900. After looking at videos, I’ve come to the conclusion that the his guy is the main culprit. Symptoms of a bad CDI include, sluggish start, no start, rough idle, no spark/poor spark, basically everything that I’ve been dealing with on the this round.

Problem, the only CDI I’ve found was on EBay, with no refund. It’s around $160, I believe. Any chance that I could wire a different part number to make it cheaper and available?

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Side By Side / Re: 2012 Kymco UXV 500 General Troubleshooting
« on: June 09, 2024, 01:36:45 AM »
willing to take it to a Kymco dealer for a check-up?
2 years of unreliable ownership ....would be too much for me. If I can't fix it and the dealer is not an option....yeah, she'd be gone!

Stig

It’s getting close, man. It’s gonna hurt trashing it.

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Side By Side / 2012 Kymco UXV 500 General Troubleshooting
« on: June 03, 2024, 02:11:48 AM »
Good evening, my first issue was gasoline dripping out of the bottom of the carb drain. Backed off of the screw, cleaned it up put it back together, and no fix. Found out that one of the springs in the throttle assembly was just caked with years of dust. Cleaned it, and it stopped dripping.

Still, no start.
Cleaned the carb up, put it back together, and nothing.
Sprayed starter fluid into air intake, and it didn’t even notice it.
Changed spark plug,nope.
Oil is full.
Battery is charged.

Through out all this, it never acted any different with the little bit of work I’ve done with troubleshooting. It just keeps turning over and not firing.

A few months ago, I replaced the rectifier, I think that’s the name, and a battery.
Had to replace the battery again two weeks ago again, even after keeping it running or on a tender.

This is my first side by side and I didn’t know better, so I’m stuck constantly tinkering with it so the kids and wife can take ride in the evenings. The wife isn’t sold on getting another one since this one has been broken down so much in the 2 years we’ve had it. I know, it’s a long story, please help. Fix it or trash it?

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Technical | How To / Re: 2012 Kymco 500 UTV
« on: June 25, 2022, 02:43:36 AM »
Hey gang! Well my new rectifier can in about 2 weeks ago. Here is the run down:
Installed new rectifier and new charged battery
It ran for about a week with no issues then….
Jumped it, it ran for another 3-4 days
This entire last week the kids rode it every evening with no issues until tonight.
Had to jump it, and it ran for about 5 minutes in idle (because the kids decide to go get a snack)
Then when they got on it died within 3 minutes or so.
Tested the battery and it showed 11.25v.
I’m thinking maybe stator?

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Technical | How To / Re: 2012 Kymco 500 UTV
« on: June 04, 2022, 03:37:00 PM »
be sure to follow up here and let us know if the new part solved your problem!


You bet!

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Technical | How To / Re: 2012 Kymco 500 UTV
« on: June 02, 2022, 10:48:37 PM »
Thanks everyone! I was able to order the part from a local dealer. First, they said no then called me back this morning to tell me they found it. I truly appreciate all of you for your help!

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Technical | How To / Re: 2012 Kymco 500 UTV
« on: May 31, 2022, 11:49:34 PM »
Geez. Both cannot help me out…

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Technical | How To / Re: 2012 Kymco 500 UTV
« on: May 31, 2022, 11:13:45 PM »
Hey there. Thank you for your response. I have called a couple local dealers, but both can help me out.

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Technical | How To / 2012 Kymco 500 UTV
« on: May 31, 2022, 09:50:05 PM »
Hello folks. New guy here, so take it easy  ;)
I bought the above from someone recently and I am starting to regret it. Not knowing much about these, I bought it for just cruising up and down the neighborhood. Well, I’m realizing either I don’t know how where to look for parts or this machine is becoming extinct. I am in search of the regulator rectifier. We are having to jump it every time we turn it off. Also, I apologize if I am posting in the wrong thread. Can someone help?

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