Any advice on how to get my Vespa GT200 started after I laid it down gently in the mud (on grass). No damage or injury but now it won't start.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Any advice on how to get my Vespa GT200 started after I laid it down gently in the mud (on grass). No damage or injury but now it won't start.
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https://modernvespa.com/forum/topic86
Check the above thread. A common issue, if you've laid down the back and fuel gets into the evap hose, after it's been laid down. WIll let others, reconfirm, but that's what I recall. best of luck. |
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Pop off the air filter, squeeze the gasoline out of it and re-oil it, then try again. Pretty common problem from reports on here, never happened to me, but a search will probably bring up this same advice.
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woodenhead wrote: Pop off the air filter, squeeze the gasoline out of it and re-oil it, then try again. Pretty common problem from reports on here, never happened to me, but a search will probably bring up this same advice. cheers |
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bluebuddha wrote: https://modernvespa.com/forum/topic86 Check the above thread. A common issue, if you've laid down the back and fuel gets into the evap hose, after it's been laid down. WIll let others, reconfirm, but that's what I recall. best of luck. |
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bluebuddha wrote: https://modernvespa.com/forum/topic86 Check the above thread. A common issue, if you've laid down the back and fuel gets into the evap hose, after it's been laid down. WIll let others, reconfirm, but that's what I recall. best of luck. This could use some polishing, if anyone's interested |
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L from Jersey wrote: bluebuddha wrote: https://modernvespa.com/forum/topic86 Check the above thread. A common issue, if you've laid down the back and fuel gets into the evap hose, after it's been laid down. WIll let others, reconfirm, but that's what I recall. best of luck. This could use some polishing, if anyone's interested |
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Cleaning your sparkplug would be a good idea to. It will make it easier to start after you deal with the evap system.
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And check that you've not accidentally tripped the kill switch. I know it sounds lame, but it's easy to do
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Benelli Boy wrote: And check that you've not accidentally tripped the kill switch. I know it sounds lame, but it's easy to do |
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Another one that had me going once on a friend's bike that was dropped on 'grass' - the wires had been pulled off the side-stand switch.
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jimc wrote: Another one that had me going once on a friend's bike that was dropped on 'grass' - the wires had been pulled off the side-stand switch. |
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If it turns over it isn't the side-stand (if you have one!) or the kill-switch. If the immobiliser LED goes out then it's not an ECU issue, so it's most likely to be the evap issue as the others have said. I know eff-all about that as we don't have those here.
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jimc wrote: If it turns over it isn't the side-stand (if you have one!) or the kill-switch. If the immobiliser LED goes out then it's not an ECU issue, so it's most likely to be the evap issue as the others have said. I know eff-all about that as we don't have those here. |
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KimPossible wrote: GT200s don't have side-stands. Just center stands. We do have the evap issue. Good luck! Last time I try to drive it in muddy grass... LOL |
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KimPossible wrote: GT200s don't have side-stands. Just center stands. We do have the evap issue. Good luck! |
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They come with sidestands in other markets? (I know you can add them)
Or, only the US market has the evap issue, because the evap return is a US environmental requirement? |
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KimPossible wrote: They come with sidestands in other markets? (I know you can add them) Or, only the US market has the evap issue, because the evap return is a US environmental requirement? Thanks. |
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Fixed
I took off the air filter and got all the gas out of it. Let it dry and now it starts. Thanks for all of the help.
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L from Jersey wrote: bluebuddha wrote: https://modernvespa.com/forum/topic86 Check the above thread. A common issue, if you've laid down the back and fuel gets into the evap hose, after it's been laid down. WIll let others, reconfirm, but that's what I recall. best of luck. This could use some polishing, if anyone's interested There's already a Wiki article on this Please see EVAP Hose Removal |
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