runs, then doesn't, then runs

541omm · 08-11-2010, 09:34 PM

so we have this golf cart and it was running great 91 g2 btw and went to go riding and it went 20 feet and quit so we looked at the wiring and everything looked good. it wont turn over or anything. BUT if it sits a little it will turn over and start then dies and then nothing. We figured out that if you put it in nutural and keep hitting, then relesing the gas it will start some times after pumping the gas like 20 times but then dies if you let off the gas... what is it? any ideas?

sho305 · 08-12-2010, 11:50 AM

Check the switch on the gas pedal, you can short the plug and it should run all the time if the key is on. If not.....Check battery cables and clamps. Check fuses and ground connections.

The pedal switch as well as the battery connections run the generator and ignition at same time, that would be logical if it dies and will not crank.

541omm · 08-12-2010, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sho305

Check the switch on the gas pedal, you can short the plug and it should run all the time if the key is on. If not.....Check battery cables and clamps. Check fuses and ground connections.

The pedal switch as well as the battery connections run the generator and ignition at same time, that would be logical if it dies and will not crank.

everything else is good. I checked many times. How do I check to see if it works. I did get it stuck in mud/water and water was over that switch??

Mike Mac · 08-12-2010, 10:55 PM

541, check the sticky at the top of this page; So your yammi won't turn over.

541omm · 08-13-2010, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Mac

541, check the sticky at the top of this page; So your yammi won't turn over.

I did but no one had this problem where if you pump the gas a bunch it will fire after like 20 pumps and then not start again after you let off the gas

Mike Mac · 08-13-2010, 12:26 AM

Sounds like the pedal switch is bad, with it being under water and all. But it's still makes you feel better buying a new one if you test it as being bad. Can you borrow a known good one to test it?
Just had a thought, check for a loose ground wire right in front of the generator, (from the ground lug on the gen. end cap, the wire goes into the wire harness, that connection there).
Smallblock would be proud of me, if that is it!!

541omm · 08-13-2010, 12:33 AM

Ok, I'll have to check tommorrow

sho305 · 08-13-2010, 11:42 AM

I had one the pedal switch was going bad it had dirt in it. It was dead until you slammed the pedal down against the floor behind it, the vibration made the switch then work and it started. Looking at the switch I could see it come back out kind of slowly.

smallblock450sl · 08-13-2010, 05:36 PM

I've always been proud of your posts Mike

I gues my question is "do you hear the solenoid click when you push on the accelerator pedal"? Simple tests, voltmeter + lead on battery post positive, - lead on small black wire at solenoid (with cart in nuetral and key on) you should have 12 volts all the time , if you loose voltage when pedal pushed, you have a ground problem. Now, volt meter - lead on - battery post, + lead on small red wire on solenoid, push on the pedal and you should read "full" battery voltage every time you push the pedal or somethings wrong "before" the solenoid. Try these 2 tests and lets see what you get. Remember a 12 volt battery (fully charged should almost read 13 volts) if you put your volt meter on the battery and push the pedal and the voltage drop to 10 volts or less, the solenoid cant activate and or you will have a "hesitation" starting.

08-11-2010, 09:34 PM	#1
541omm Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 25	runs, then doesn't, then runs so we have this golf cart and it was running great 91 g2 btw and went to go riding and it went 20 feet and quit so we looked at the wiring and everything looked good. it wont turn over or anything. BUT if it sits a little it will turn over and start then dies and then nothing. We figured out that if you put it in nutural and keep hitting, then relesing the gas it will start some times after pumping the gas like 20 times but then dies if you let off the gas... what is it? any ideas?
541omm Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 25

08-12-2010, 11:50 AM	#2
sho305 Vegas modded 420 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West MI Posts: 15,443	Re: runs, then doesn't, then runs Check the switch on the gas pedal, you can short the plug and it should run all the time if the key is on. If not.....Check battery cables and clamps. Check fuses and ground connections. The pedal switch as well as the battery connections run the generator and ignition at same time, that would be logical if it dies and will not crank.

08-12-2010, 10:55 PM	#4
Mike Mac G8 Specialist Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Phoenix Posts: 7,799	Re: runs, then doesn't, then runs 541, check the sticky at the top of this page; So your yammi won't turn over.

08-13-2010, 12:26 AM	#6
Mike Mac G8 Specialist Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Phoenix Posts: 7,799	Re: runs, then doesn't, then runs Sounds like the pedal switch is bad, with it being under water and all. But it's still makes you feel better buying a new one if you test it as being bad. Can you borrow a known good one to test it? Just had a thought, check for a loose ground wire right in front of the generator, (from the ground lug on the gen. end cap, the wire goes into the wire harness, that connection there). Smallblock would be proud of me, if that is it!!

08-13-2010, 12:33 AM	#7
541omm Not Yet Wild Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 25	Re: runs, then doesn't, then runs Ok, I'll have to check tommorrow
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08-13-2010, 11:42 AM	#8
sho305 Vegas modded 420 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: West MI Posts: 15,443	Re: runs, then doesn't, then runs I had one the pedal switch was going bad it had dirt in it. It was dead until you slammed the pedal down against the floor behind it, the vibration made the switch then work and it started. Looking at the switch I could see it come back out kind of slowly.

08-13-2010, 05:36 PM	#9
smallblock450sl Sometime's............ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tacoma Washington Posts: 11,874	Re: runs, then doesn't, then runs I've always been proud of your posts Mike I gues my question is "do you hear the solenoid click when you push on the accelerator pedal"? Simple tests, voltmeter + lead on battery post positive, - lead on small black wire at solenoid (with cart in nuetral and key on) you should have 12 volts all the time , if you loose voltage when pedal pushed, you have a ground problem. Now, volt meter - lead on - battery post, + lead on small red wire on solenoid, push on the pedal and you should read "full" battery voltage every time you push the pedal or somethings wrong "before" the solenoid. Try these 2 tests and lets see what you get. Remember a 12 volt battery (fully charged should almost read 13 volts) if you put your volt meter on the battery and push the pedal and the voltage drop to 10 volts or less, the solenoid cant activate and or you will have a "hesitation" starting.

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