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whitney1207
05-11-2014, 09:08 PM
So I've been having nothing but problems with my 50cc taotao.

I rebuilt the carb and replaced the jets and got it running. Then it died on my coming home from work.

I took the spark plug out and check the spark it was ORANGE... I thought it was supposed to be a blue spark?

Anyone familiar with this problem?
dwint51
05-12-2014, 06:24 AM
sounds like you need a coil
inuyasha
05-12-2014, 12:58 PM
Hi
I would try a new plug first but it does indeed sound like your coil is not putting out what should
Take care and ride safely
Yours Hank
whitney1207
05-15-2014, 09:58 PM
A friend at work said put a capful of gas in the cylinder and if it starts, its a fuel problem, if it doesn't, it's a spark problem..

Can anyone confirm this?
whitney1207
05-15-2014, 10:41 PM
Damn! I just put some fuel in my cylinder and it started for a minute. SO I took the seat off and noticed that there is no fuel in the NEW fuel filter I just put in...

I got the smallest fuel filter that they had at autozone ... do you have to get the smaller scooter one for a 50cc.. it's definitely not flowing through the filter

HELP
Bvance554
05-15-2014, 11:10 PM
Its not the fault of the filter that fuel is not flowing. Have you checked the petcock?
Gimpdog
05-16-2014, 12:39 AM
Even something like a kinked line...
dwint51
05-16-2014, 10:17 AM
try starting it with the fuel line off.if no fuel comes out you probably have a bad fuel pump,(petcock)
whitney1207
05-16-2014, 10:21 AM
I took the line off the fuel filter output (to petcock) and it still didn't flow. I took the line off the filter input (from gastank) and there was fuel there. I just don't understand, I just replaced the petcock and filter. The ONLY thing is it's a little bigger than the old one that was on there. I even took the vacuum line off the intake manifold and sucked on it to see if I could get it flowing....
whitney1207
05-16-2014, 10:44 AM
maybe the gas tank's not venting.. I woke up this morning and now there's fuel in the filter. I'm gonna get a new one just in case and drain some of the fuel and cut some of the rubber gasket off the gas tank cap.
nightriderrv
05-20-2014, 08:54 AM
I would try to remove the cap while it's low on fuel and see how it runs for a short run if the filter has fuel flowing then it's a vent issue and if it vents through the cap that might where the problem is. cutting a gasket could spill fuel all over while riding.