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07-14-2016, 11:05 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Mar 2016
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I have learned so much about Chinese scooters since I purchased my Tao Tao Lancer 150. I can pretty much replace or repair anything on it now.
Check all of the main parts - Stator, Voltage Regulator, Carb. The design of Chinese scooters is very poor. Nothing seems to fit back properly after you remove it for the first time, but things will remain functional. The voltmeter helped me a lot because I was able to finally zero in on my stator needing to be replaced. Oh, and check the fuse by the battery box. Mine blew once and I got no electric output at all. I use the 15aph fuses instead of the 10aph. Also, only use 93 octane fuel. |
07-17-2016, 12:30 AM | #2 | |
Join Date: Feb 2015
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1. NEVER replace a fuse with a higher rated fuse. EVER. The fuse is sized to protect whatever is downstream of it, be it wires or connectors or lamp sockets. BUT, By installing a higher rated fuse, you are no longer preventing something downstream from catching fire in an overload situation. Do you like having unintended bike fires? I don't. This advise is similar to the old trick people used to use in houses with screw-in fuses where they'd put a penny behind the fuse to bypass the fuse, then subsequently inadvertently burn their house down. 2. Premium (93) octane fuel is only required when the engine might otherwise experience detonation. ALL of the Chinese scooters are using clones of Japanese engines from the 1980's which were not high compression engines OR prone to detonation. "Use what the manufacturer recommends in the owner's manual." If the manual doesn't make any callouts for premium fuel, then you're just burning money by using it, with ZERO benefit to you or your bike. |
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07-18-2016, 08:46 AM | #3 | |
Join Date: Mar 2016
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