Interesting problem...

Farfignugin · Post by **Farfignugin** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:20 pm

My spree has seem to develope a strange fenomina (however you spell that word). It seems that it does not like the side panels, even with the nice air scoops. It will not run for more than a quarter mile (maybe even a tenth) and then it will just die. If I run it "naked" without the side panels, then it will run at least until I turn it off or it runs out of gas. Maybe something gets overheated under the panels? maybe it gets starved of air? maybe it just has a sense of fasion for running around naked? Any suggestions would be appreciated.

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vette76 · Post by **vette76** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 5:32 pm

check for wire shorts. this happened to my elite and it was the coil wire shorting on the exhaust pipe.

Farfignugin · Post by **Farfignugin** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:11 pm

nope not a short there, there arent any wires running anywhere near something metal and everything is plugged in nicely.

vette76 · Post by **vette76** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:37 pm

melted wires? loose coil wire?

Justinsane · Post by **Justinsane** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:20 am

maybe your spree is just a "free spirit" - aka nudist

burnt_toast · Post by **burnt_toast** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:06 pm

what air scoops? too much air w/ a scoop could lean it out.

vette76 · Post by **vette76** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 2:18 pm

scoops are for air flow. not intake. his scoops are not hooked into intake.

Justinsane · Post by **Justinsane** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:16 pm

that is an interesting problem... haha geez

Farfignugin · Post by **Farfignugin** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:56 pm

there IS ONE wire that looks like it got cooked at the connector (somewhere underneith by the batt.) but my dad and I have checked all the wires and stuff and it all seems good.

Post by **noiseguy** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 8:55 pm

Try a couple of things:

1) Clean your exhaust out. Might be plugged; plugged one's run hotter.
2) Check condition of engine fan
3) Run colder plug (NGK BPR8HS)
4) Check condition of shroud and spark plug rubber boot/plug. All in place?
5) Oiler working, and you're running injector oil?

Farfignugin · Post by **Farfignugin** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 5:03 pm

Found out something a couple of days ago when makin a small trip...my bystarter o-ring wasnt sealing too great...so I put on a much thicker (at most 1/8 in. thick) and it works great now, it doesnt even die with side-covers on now

. I also finnally reached 1000 on the odometer. YAY