04 gas ezgo starting problems

bigfrank0035 · 10-06-2011, 12:47 PM

Hello, I have an 04 gas ezgo that occasionally won't start. Once in a while when I step on the gas pedal nothing happens, it acts like it is completely dead however the reverse buzzer does still work if that means anything. If I keep pumping the gas usually one of the times it will fire and turn over like normal and run normal until i stop and have to start it again. I have tried cleaning all the connections and checked for loose connections but didn't seem to help. any ideas on what this could be? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you, Frank

Dave Box · 10-06-2011, 01:25 PM

Do you have a voltmeter? If so, next time it fails to start, place the meter across the two small terminals of the solenoid and see if you get 12 volts when you depress the throttle.

Dave

bigfrank0035 · 10-07-2011, 05:45 PM

Thanks for the help dave, I don't have a voltmeter but i will try to track one down and try that. thanks Frank

bigfrank0035 · 10-17-2011, 08:43 PM

I got my cart out today to check it with the voltmeter. It was acting the same way it has been, most of the time i can get it to turn over and it runs fine but in between it won't do anything when I push on the gas. When it was acting up i checked it and the one small post on the solenoid showed 12 volts when I pushed the pedal. the other small post showed no volts even when i did get it to turn over. Is that normal? So I was getting 12 volts to one of the small posts i then checked the 2 large posts. the first one had 12 volts all the time the other one didn't show volts when i pushed the pedal. Does that mean it is a bad solenoid? Would a bad solenoid act like that, where it works most of the time but occationally fails? Thanks again for the help. Frank

410MAN · 10-19-2011, 01:09 PM

Just another advice, tighten the belt on starter/generator, so it will charge good ,it helped mine. good luck

bigfrank0035 · 10-21-2011, 05:42 PM

thanks, I will double check that. Frank

10-06-2011, 12:47 PM	#1
bigfrank0035 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4	04 gas ezgo starting problems Hello, I have an 04 gas ezgo that occasionally won't start. Once in a while when I step on the gas pedal nothing happens, it acts like it is completely dead however the reverse buzzer does still work if that means anything. If I keep pumping the gas usually one of the times it will fire and turn over like normal and run normal until i stop and have to start it again. I have tried cleaning all the connections and checked for loose connections but didn't seem to help. any ideas on what this could be? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you, Frank
bigfrank0035 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4

10-06-2011, 01:25 PM	#2
Dave Box Respect the Cart Join Date: May 2010 Location: Rocky Mount, Virginia Posts: 2,190	Re: 04 gas ezgo starting problems Do you have a voltmeter? If so, next time it fails to start, place the meter across the two small terminals of the solenoid and see if you get 12 volts when you depress the throttle. Dave

10-07-2011, 05:45 PM	#3
bigfrank0035 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4	Re: 04 gas ezgo starting problems Thanks for the help dave, I don't have a voltmeter but i will try to track one down and try that. thanks Frank
bigfrank0035 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4

10-17-2011, 08:43 PM	#4
bigfrank0035 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4	Re: 04 gas ezgo starting problems I got my cart out today to check it with the voltmeter. It was acting the same way it has been, most of the time i can get it to turn over and it runs fine but in between it won't do anything when I push on the gas. When it was acting up i checked it and the one small post on the solenoid showed 12 volts when I pushed the pedal. the other small post showed no volts even when i did get it to turn over. Is that normal? So I was getting 12 volts to one of the small posts i then checked the 2 large posts. the first one had 12 volts all the time the other one didn't show volts when i pushed the pedal. Does that mean it is a bad solenoid? Would a bad solenoid act like that, where it works most of the time but occationally fails? Thanks again for the help. Frank
bigfrank0035 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4

10-19-2011, 01:09 PM	#5
410MAN Getting Wild Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: longview tx Posts: 81	Re: 04 gas ezgo starting problems Just another advice, tighten the belt on starter/generator, so it will charge good ,it helped mine. good luck

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10-21-2011, 05:42 PM	#6
bigfrank0035 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 4	Re: 04 gas ezgo starting problems thanks, I will double check that. Frank
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