Hi. first I'd like to say that I almost lost the tip of my finger loading this used scooter onto a truck so I am determined to get it running. literally. and having surgery in 2 days to fix the injury. that said...
Agility 50. I am new to this brand and capable but not intuitive as a mechanic. This bike has several issues but I will be focusing on the carburator. the previous owner put in a brand new carb but reported they can't get it started. I live in the main state that produces ethanol so knowing the problemms that can cause I added a very small amount of the ethanol treatment to the tank and after about 10 attempts spaced apart by about 30 minutes each, it started, idled for maybe 1 second and then shut off. i keep giving it spaced out tries to start and it keeps starting and idles for a little longer each time but always shuts off. my last attempt it idled for about 5 seconds. the carb installed has 2 tubes coming off of it and connected to nothing. one is about 5 inches long, on the side, and makes a sharp bend down and is then cut. the second is about 10 inches long, comes from the bottom of the carb, and doesn't connect to anything. in the picture I circled the first mentioned and made a dotted line on the second one with an arrow pointing at the end. i figured out the 3 other tubes of the same size are drain lines. is the bottom tube part of the vacuum system? or just another drain line?
well. I will have to work on adding the pics because I can't get them to be seen as small enough to meet the limit.
As a side note but possibly important, on the right side of the body cover, there is a larger diameter tube that has a U shaped, clear tube inserted into it but then also connected to nothing. it is in the second picture.
Anybody know the answer to my question of what these 3 lines are? or would the vacuum system even be responsible for a bike starting and then cutting off after a quick idle?
