Petrol treatment for 4t scooter

Yoko · Brolly Dolly Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Karma :

Whats the treatment stuff you can put in fuel to help bikes run in winter and stuff?

My uncles scooter is having problems starting in the morning so I'm gonna go round there and see what I can do with it and thought some of that petrol treatment stuff would help.

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ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Karma :

Redex is the stuff but everyone on here says it doesn't work. Personally I have had no experience with it.

Yoko · Brolly Dolly Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Karma :

I thought redex was stuff to clean the fuel system, I thought there was some stuff that improves the combustibility of fuel for cold/damp conditions.
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ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Karma :

Have you tried googling it?

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Yoko · Brolly Dolly Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Karma :

Well the bikes just had a pretty big service (the service cost £20 less than the bike is worth!!) so I dont think its that. I'm worried it might be loosing compression but I want to rule out everything else (cheap) before looking at striping the head down. I'm sure the service looked at the head but I cant be sure. We have doubts about how good this garage actually is...

(They quoted my uncle £130 for a service, then did the service and told him it would cost £280 cuz they had to weld the exhaust and do some other stuff, however they didnt call him before doing it to ask, they just did it leaving him paying twice what he expect to pay right on christmas)

I'm gonna have a look at it tonight, check the plug and air filter and see what I can do, give it a blast of damp start, that sort of thing. Wanted to try this fuel additive stuff too incase that helps. Maybe try get some from Halfords on the way to his.

I dunno if the battery is 6v or 12v. Does your optimate do both? If so borrowing it would be much appreciated however I dunno when I could come over to get it, might have to be the weekend.

Can you get a multimeter onto the battery and check to see if its knackered? If so what sort of reading would suggest its shagged.
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Yoko · Brolly Dolly Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Karma :

Ah ha yea thats the sort of stuff I'm looking for Very Happy

Cheers, I'll check the air filter, plug + battery etc before and then if that stuff dont hmmm not sure what else it could be other than loss of compression or dodgy fuel Confused

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Yoko · Brolly Dolly Joined: 25 Feb 2007 Karma :

I'm not 100% what work was carried out, I'd have to ask my uncle. The bike was working after although he had to take it back as it didnt always start in the mornings. They cleaned the carb and tried to charge him £55, he refused to pay and took the bike back Laughing

I started the bike last night, had to play with the throttle a bit before it finally caught but it ran ok. I think its just the cold to be honest. He might get some kind of battery charger as it could be that.

So based on them doing that extra work and not getting his permission, would he be able to get that money back any way (small claims court or something)?
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