Help required urgently

[shovell]

Hopefully someone can help out on my scoot yesterday ticked over spot on took her out ten mins into the ride loss over power in fourth dropped to third still nothing coasted into layby and after approx 15 mins tried to restart but nothing checked all that i could at the roadside and then had to bite the bullet and call/pay for recovery.It's now in their garage and they cant start work until Monday any ideas have spent a fortune on restoring her I just hope the engine aint blown just looking for a heads up on possible issues the mechanic seems to think its fuel related but there was plenty in the tank

[scooterboypaul]

Could well be a blockage,did you check for spark,was the plug getting wet. Poss..holed piston,hope its not bad and your back on the road soon.

[shovell]

Thanks scooterboypaul, correct diagnoses blown a hole through the piston (starting to breath a little easier) have done a bit of ground work approx £30 for parts hope this nice weather holds out the killer bake bean will ride again :-) Yeeehhaaaa

[acko]

This is a wind up......right??

[shovell]

no wind up acko and as for the feak picture that's just scarey (killer baked bean due to my scoot being orange and the nickname it from others stuck with it ) will be back on the road tomorrow top bannana!!!!

[jackthekipper]

gotta admit i thought it was a wind up, glad yer got it sorted & back on the road

[Spence]

Please remember guys, we have hundreds of forum members, with all levels of knowledge and technical know-how.

What may sound to one person a totally obvious question, may not be the case to someone else. We've always prided ourselves on our friendliness here. If I find out anyone's joined the forum to cause trouble with wind-ups or trolls (which has happened on occasion) I'll take care of it.

In the meantime, let's just continue to help people.

[acko]

I thought it was a wind up because i know Shovell and if its the same lad from Cambridge then he knows more about scooters than most on here ever will.
Can't believe he asked such a basic question.
Might be a different person then.

[shovell]

Sorry fella, this Shovell comes from Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire so deffo not same.
Ask me anyhing ref body work spraying etc ,but, when it comes to mechanics it goes straight to someone who knows. I got basic knowledge from trial and error hence asking the question. Scoot back now and she sounds sweet and pulls better than ever just need to bed the new kit in (and the suns till out, fantastic) I've also been told that once its been run in I should look at uping the jets (again responded with a yeh, yeh, thanks, but, honestly aint got the foggiest would his cost alot and how easy to diy) thanks for any help

[shovell]

God damn it! the scoot has blown again I'm starting to think either of selling or throwing it down the road (apparently its sucking air in somewhere now, i've been told that this could be either through a oil seal or a a crack in the case) I'M Really getting pi***** off with this and have no confidence in the engine gggrrrrrr

[jetex]

The air leak is what caused the hole in your piston . It sounds like your mechanic fitted a new piston etc., without rectifying what caused the problem in the first place.

[ets]

Ditto!

It sounds to me like a faulty oilseal.
The one on flywheel side is relatively easy to change without taking the engine apart.
The clutch side is very easy to spotcheck (but only with a working engine tho).

[shovell]

Thanks for the heads up the last time it was in with the mechanic he checked carb, jet settings, etc his conclusion was to run it and see what happens or pay £200 for the engine tobe stripped down and a new oil seal tobe fitted (on the possiblity of a craked engine case I thought I would take my chances after leaving the shop £80 lighter) I put the scoot in theback of my van got home couple of days later and putting approx 12 miles on the clock BANG it goes again at this rate I could already have a new motor fitted and be enjoying a pretty fantastic summer, chance would be a fine thing!

[bobbanker]

£200 to strip and do all that christ thats expensive

[joey]

You not got anyone close that can take a look at it for you kid?
I live in Chester so if you can get t down here I'd take a scan for you.

[shovell]

Thanks Joey I live in gloucestershire could be a bit of trek anyone know of anyone in the gloucester area would be great many thanks to all