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04-04-2016, 12:54 PM | #1 |
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1996 G16 No Start after oil overfill
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I have a 1996 Yamaha G16 that is mainly used as a fun trail cart. Only modification is a governor bypass. Over the winter the HG blew and once replaced it was running like a champ. Last weekend, a friend was borrowing it when the oil light turned on. So he started pouring oil in until the oil light went off. He calculates about 2-3L of oil. I cursed at him a couple times and together we started to clean the motor. With the spark plug removed, oil would spray out of the hole, and plenty was sucked/blown into the air cleaner. I rebuilt the carb, cleaned the air box, got the motor to the point where only air is pushed out of the spark plug hole. But now the thing won't start. I tried a new plug but it won't fire. Spark plug is wet so I know gas is getting there. And there is a good spark. I'm assuming the next step is to run a compression test. Could this have caused the piston rings to go? I'm confused on where to go next, if the compression test comes back normal. |
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04-04-2016, 01:07 PM | #2 |
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Be sure to check the throttle is opening. I had a throttle cable go bad on mine and it wouldn't start.
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04-04-2016, 01:11 PM | #3 |
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04-04-2016, 07:30 PM | #4 |
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Re: 1996 G16 No Start after oil overfill
compression could have gone cause oil is harder to compress than gas. might have also screwed your valve seals, muffler will probably have lots of oil in it too, heck it may have even backed into the gas
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04-05-2016, 02:52 AM | #5 |
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Re: 1996 G16 No Start after oil overfill
Is the throttle verified opening when the pedal is pressed? (i know, new cable before, but we are at today). Spark is assumed good as you stated. Shoot a small squirt of ether/carb clean/brake clean in the carb to see if it briefly fires up (most carb/brake cleaners are quite flammable). That would eliminate fuel as the problem, if carb is opening. It needs only 3 things to run. Air, fuel, & spark. If throttle is verified opening than air is "check". Ether is flammable so fuel is "check", still "no-go", check spark & compression. I seen many 5 year old spark plugs on old course cars still working fine, they are not typically hard on plugs, but try a new NGK BPR2ES. Even a "working" engine with lousy compression would still fire with ether. This ought to get you in some direction. A out of place pushrod could possibly be involved if the previously running engine now has only 65 psi compression, a good runner does not go that low in one "bad trip". In my years of golf carts, i have yet to see a stock Yamaha with a failed head gasket.
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Re: 1996 G16 No Start after oil overfill
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04-11-2016, 11:04 AM | #7 |
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Re: 1996 G16 No Start after oil overfill
Throttle cable was working, but not opening it fully. That was fixed but the problem persisted.
We did find the vacuum line from the crankcase to the fuel pump was clogged with oil and crap. After clearing that line and the fuel pump, it still wouldn't start. Using some starter fluid it fired up and it would actually idle. I think it didn't have enough vacuum to operate the fuel pump and needed combustion to finally draw the right of gas amount through the carb. The carb needs some fine tuning, but it does fire up and drive. Smokes a lot but only once the muffler gets hot. I figure once that burns off the smoking will stop. Compression was 120psi cold. Plug doesn't look fouled, so I'm assuming it isn't burning any oil. |
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