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kjbont Scoot Newb Posts: 2	hard to start moped Aug 19, 2011 16:20:38 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kjbont on Aug 19, 2011 16:20:38 GMT -5 my 2002 honda metropolitan is hard to start when the moter is cold. but when the moter has been running for a while it runs very smoothly. what should i do to make it start right away?

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hard to start moped Aug 19, 2011 19:17:23 GMT -5

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Sounds like you either have a bad auto choke (mixture enricher):

www.ajparts.net/how-to/test-procedure/

or an improperly adjusted idle speed or idle mixture:

49ccscoot.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=carb&action=display&thread=429

Last Edit: Aug 19, 2011 19:18:16 GMT -5 by tango

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sincitymopedryder Scoot Member Posts: 55	hard to start moped Aug 20, 2011 3:14:31 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by sincitymopedryder on Aug 20, 2011 3:14:31 GMT -5 what spark plug are you running? a NGK C7HSA might help. or maybe your carb needs cleaning, or a possible valve adjustment

kjbont Scoot Newb Posts: 2	hard to start moped Aug 20, 2011 13:58:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by kjbont on Aug 20, 2011 13:58:34 GMT -5 how do i see if the auto choke is bad?

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hard to start moped Aug 20, 2011 16:15:29 GMT -5

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It's not the auto enricher. If it was bad the scoot would run good cold and crappy hot. I think you should do a valve adjustment followed by a carb adjustment as described here:

49ccscoot.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=4ttech&action=display&thread=428

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