HELLCAT won’t start in cold
I just received my hellcat a few weeks ago and have put about 25 miles on it. Little thing is great when it’s warm outside but lately we have had 50 deg mornings and I can’t get it to start at all with the cold weather. I tried for awhile one morning till I noticed the starter getting hot (used in short burst). I let it cools back down and put a space heater next to it and 5 mins later it turns on. I’m guessing this is a carburetor issue? How do I get it so I’m able to start in the cool weather and also when we hit 95+ deg days
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I only had experience with vertical thumpers, but when I was commuting on my TMEC 200 enduro in the winter in Yuma where it could be in the 30s Faranheit in the early mornings, I had to use the choke to start it and warm it up. Not sure how the setup is with the Grom-cloned 125cc horizontal thumpers' carbs, but that is my first (un)educated guess. I only throw it out there for the reasons to start with the simple stuff first. But you might not have an easily accessible choke, or a choke that you can access like the enduros' carbs.
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The choke is mounted on the bars. This is trying to start it with the carb choke fully closed(pulled backwards)
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Have you removed the air filter and visually checked the choke plate is closing ?
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Pull the choke and give it like an 1/8th throttle when you try and start it.
I have no idea if this is just due to the stock carb/intake but I've never had an issue with mine, but I'm on the Mikuni VM22. Never had the stock carb/intake on long enough to test it in the cold. |
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I adjusted the valves and that seems to have fixed the issue
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Well I though I had fixed it. 65 deg out side. Sat in the garage overnight and still same issue. Garage was probably 55deg
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