lifted club cars - lifted ezgo
Home FAQDonate Who's Online
Go Back   Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum > Golf Cart Repair and Troubleshooting > Gas Club Car
Gas Club Car Gas DS, and Precedent golf cars



Post New Thread  Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-06-2014, 12:05 AM   #1
Dogmike
Not Yet Wild
 
Dogmike's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Indiana
Posts: 70
Default Ran great, now she wont start

Hello everyone, its been a while since I was last on BGW. I am having some issues with my 1996 Club Car DS. I took it for a quick spin around town a few days ago and it ran as it always does, which I pretty good. When I got back I had to stop and open the garage door, I got back on, pushed the pedal and it just turned over, but would not fire up.

I had this happen one time before, a buddy pulled me back to the camper, when we tried to start it, it fired right up. Hadn't had any problems since then till now

My question is...What and how are the best ways to troubleshoot this
Dogmike is offline   Reply With Quote
Alt Today
BGW

Golf car forum Sponsored Links

__________________
This advertising will not be shown in this way to registered members.
Register your free account today and become a member on Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum
   
Old 04-06-2014, 12:54 AM   #2
The Doc
Not Yet Wild
E-Z-GO
 
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Merton, Wi
Posts: 9
Default Re: Ran great, now she wont start

Not sure of engine similarities but I had the same issues with my '02 ez go txt.
ended up that the valves were way out of adjustment. 15 min of adjustments and it ran like new.
The Doc is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2014, 06:32 AM   #3
lockman1
What the ....?
 
lockman1's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: N.E. Wisconsin
Posts: 14,900
Default Re: Ran great, now she wont start

The 3 most common faults with an engine not starting:

Battery, (which you have) Fuel, and spark!
Checking those will narrow down where to start!
lockman1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-06-2014, 08:44 PM   #4
Dogmike
Not Yet Wild
 
Dogmike's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Indiana
Posts: 70
Default Re: Ran great, now she wont start

OK, so I checked and I have no spark at my plug. I did notice that when I was messing with the key it almost fired.(when pressing pedal).

Maybe something with my keyswitch?
Dogmike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-08-2014, 08:57 PM   #5
Dogmike
Not Yet Wild
 
Dogmike's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Indiana
Posts: 70
Default Re: Ran great, now she wont start

Can a bad rev limiter cause me to have no spark? It has already had the ground disconnected and ran fine for about a year that way. Trying to figure this out
Dogmike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-09-2014, 06:11 AM   #6
lockman1
What the ....?
 
lockman1's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: N.E. Wisconsin
Posts: 14,900
Default Re: Ran great, now she wont start

In most cases with a 1992 to 1996 FE290 engine with no spark, it's usually a bad ignitor,
The ignitor is mounted under the rev limiter. (97+ engines have the ignitor built into the coil)

http://www.cartpartsplus.com/ignitor-92-96

Note: there have been complaints that when some had bought a new ignitor, (eg. ebay, etc.)
the new one was bad also, so keep that in mind.

lockman1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-09-2014, 06:25 AM   #7
PAPABEAR1
Gone Wild
 
PAPABEAR1's Avatar
Mixed Breed
 
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Aylett, Va. on the Mattaponi.
Posts: 1,530
Default Re: Ran great, now she wont start

Thats a fact lots of bad (new) parts sitting on the shelf.
PAPABEAR1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-19-2014, 03:37 AM   #8
Dogmike
Not Yet Wild
 
Dogmike's Avatar
Club Car
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Indiana
Posts: 70
Default Re: Ran great, now she wont start

Well it ended up being the igniter. Replaced it and it fired right up. New plug, oil and filter, air filter, and fuel filters, and some new gas lines. I think I'm ready for summer. Well after a good cleanin.

Thanks to everyone who helped me solve my problem
Dogmike is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
club car 1996, starting problems
Go Back   Buggies Gone Wild Golf Cart Forum > Golf Cart Repair and Troubleshooting > Gas Club Car


Thread Tools
Display Modes


Similar Threads
Thread Forum
1991 2 Stroke that runs great, once, then wont restart Gas EZGO
G9 was running great now wont move Electric Yamaha
Runs great wont move!!! Gas Club Car
87 gasser backfires/no start ran great till now Gas EZGO
1982 ez go runs great than wont run at all Gas EZGO


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:35 PM.


Club Car Electric | EZGO Electric | Lifted Golf Carts | Gas EZGO | Used Golf Carts and Parts

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
This Website and forum is the property of Buggiesgonewild.com. No material may be taken or duplicated in part or full without prior written consent of the owners of buggiesgonewild.com. © 2006-2017 Buggiesgonewild.com. All rights reserved.