Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

you pretty much have to remove the fuel tank in order to remove the oil tank. Or if not removing tanks then you need to apply constant vacuum to the hose, on the bottom of the pectcock to open the petcock valve and allow fuel to flow. think it's easier to remove the tanks, also allows for cleaning in hard to get to places.

Like I said earlier 2 stroke engines (your elite) is not like a 4 stroke that stores the oil in the crankcase. there is no drain plug for the crankcase just the oil tank under the seat, you can just pull the hose or to be precise follow dun rites advice and just remove it when you take the gas tank off. the only place the engine stores oil is in the rear section where the transmission gears are at the screw in t he middle is the drain plug for the transmission oil, you might want to check it while you are at it, has nothing to do with how the engine runs but you dont want it to be empty the manual will tell you how to check and drain that oil which is 10w40

Do i need to mix this 2 stroke oil with gas? I got castrol 2T motorcycle oil. Ready to fire this up but waiting on a reply to this.

no just fill the oil tank, it has a oil pump that premixes the gas for you

MotleyCrue wrote:I got castrol 2T motorcycle oil.

Injector or pre-mix Castor 2T oil? What does the bottle say? You want injector oil.

just to be safe you may want to mix a 70:1 fuel mix or so in the first tank. since you have drained the tank there may be an air bubble or 2 in the oil line. these little motors need there constant oil flow.

Well bad news. I cleaned everything up. Added new oil. New gas. New ngk spark plug. Added ounce or two of sea foam to fuel. Fired it up was lots of smoke coming from exhaust but idled nicely for a minute or so. Then i gave it gas and it chugged but throttled up, then it just died and now it wont start. Dont know what to do now but i am bummed.

it may need gas on the bottom of the crab is a scrue to drain the bole .. UN do it and see if gas come out ..look in the book it will show it step one

if you have gas the pull the plug and see if you have spark ..if you don't have gas in the crab the vac line may not be on tight make sure it is
swimmingfree

The electric starter stopped working. Is there a fuse for it somewhere? I am wondering if i held starter button too long and broke starter. Didnt hold it for mode than 5 secs.

there's one on my spre by the hot side of the battery did you do the gas thing and sperkthings????

when you drained the fuel tank was there little bits of stuff floating? rust in the tank? might have to pull carb again. If dirt or rust from fuel tank then install an inline fuel filter to help catch it until you get the tank cleaned out.

Make sure to hold one of the brake levers engaged when trying to crank w/electric start. has happened to people before.

just suggestions.

swimmingfree wrote:there's one on my spre by the hot side of the battery did you do the gas thing and sperkthings????

No not yet. Im all caught up in this starter thing now. I hope i didnt break it. Also hoping that naybe the other guy right about fuel line or carb being clogged. Gonna go try brake with starter to see if the starter works that way.

Ok good news atarter works when holding brake lever. Gonna read the manual and do what u said about checking for gas at carb.

dun rite wrote:when you drained the fuel tank was there little bits of stuff floating? rust in the tank? might have to pull carb again. If dirt or rust from fuel tank then install an inline fuel filter to help catch it until you get the tank cleaned out.

Make sure to hold one of the brake levers engaged when trying to crank w/electric start. has happened to people before.

just suggestions.

No little bits of stuff