EZGO 6 Seater keeps flooding and won't move

Hgoodman09 · 05-22-2023, 02:30 PM

I replaced the Carb, fuel pump, spark plug, then tested the spark and charged the battery and the starter generator will run but the cart will slowly creep forward but never engage. Belts and clutch seem fine, am I not getting compression or a valve issue? I don't hear an audible tap or metallic sound but it seems to be flooding and the spark plug comes out with more than normal amount of carbon and is soaked in gas.

kgsc · 05-22-2023, 03:05 PM

Sounds like the starter is just spinning and the engine isn’t actually starting. Lock it in neutral and see if the clutches run their normal course. And what motor is in this cart?

Hgoodman09 · 05-22-2023, 03:28 PM

It's a Kawasaki FJ400D and in neutral, both clutches spin

kgsc · 05-22-2023, 03:33 PM

Do they operate normally?

Hgoodman09 · 05-23-2023, 08:33 AM

They both spin normally but the drive clutch never engages, but it's locked in neutral. When in FWD it will slowly creep fwd, same with reverse. Is it worth compression testing it? Also neither the drive or driven clutch are bent or have any obvious damage to them and seem to be spinning straight.

Hgoodman09 · 05-23-2023, 10:10 AM

I did a compression test with the air filter off and throttle wide open And I'm only getting about 50-60 psi while the motor is cold. I didn't drop any oil down the spark plug hole yet to see if it goes up a bit but I feel 50 psi is extremely low. Maybe a valve not seating properly?

kgsc · 05-23-2023, 10:46 AM

That is just the starter spinning.. Pull the valve cover and check the valves. Might have one stuck or bent.

Hgoodman09 · 05-24-2023, 01:32 PM

Thank you! Was a bent valve stem, possibly from an employee towing it without locking it in neutral...

kgsc · 05-24-2023, 01:50 PM

Usually if being towed the driven clutch won’t drive the front clutch but maybe.. Usually a bent valve is caused by over revving.. Has the governor been adjusted?

Hgoodman09 · 05-24-2023, 04:08 PM

We speed tune them but we slow them down from factory to 15-16mph. But with guides online on how to speed them up, it's very possible that a renter adjusted it to wide open and that puts it going around 22 mph and bouncing off the rev limiter

05-22-2023, 02:30 PM	#1
Hgoodman09 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 13	EZGO 6 Seater keeps flooding and won't move I replaced the Carb, fuel pump, spark plug, then tested the spark and charged the battery and the starter generator will run but the cart will slowly creep forward but never engage. Belts and clutch seem fine, am I not getting compression or a valve issue? I don't hear an audible tap or metallic sound but it seems to be flooding and the spark plug comes out with more than normal amount of carbon and is soaked in gas.
Hgoodman09 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 13

05-22-2023, 03:05 PM	#2
kgsc Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 13,141	Re: EZGO 6 Seater keeps flooding and won't move Sounds like the starter is just spinning and the engine isn’t actually starting. Lock it in neutral and see if the clutches run their normal course. And what motor is in this cart?

05-22-2023, 03:28 PM	#3
Hgoodman09 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 13	Re: EZGO 6 Seater keeps flooding and won't move It's a Kawasaki FJ400D and in neutral, both clutches spin
Hgoodman09 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 13

05-22-2023, 03:33 PM	#4
kgsc Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 13,141	Re: EZGO 6 Seater keeps flooding and won't move Do they operate normally?

05-23-2023, 08:33 AM	#5
Hgoodman09 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 13	Re: EZGO 6 Seater keeps flooding and won't move They both spin normally but the drive clutch never engages, but it's locked in neutral. When in FWD it will slowly creep fwd, same with reverse. Is it worth compression testing it? Also neither the drive or driven clutch are bent or have any obvious damage to them and seem to be spinning straight.
Hgoodman09 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 13

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05-23-2023, 10:10 AM	#6
Hgoodman09 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 13	Re: EZGO 6 Seater keeps flooding and won't move I did a compression test with the air filter off and throttle wide open And I'm only getting about 50-60 psi while the motor is cold. I didn't drop any oil down the spark plug hole yet to see if it goes up a bit but I feel 50 psi is extremely low. Maybe a valve not seating properly?
Hgoodman09 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 13

05-23-2023, 10:46 AM	#7
kgsc Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 13,141	Re: EZGO 6 Seater keeps flooding and won't move That is just the starter spinning.. Pull the valve cover and check the valves. Might have one stuck or bent.

05-24-2023, 01:32 PM	#8
Hgoodman09 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 13	Re: EZGO 6 Seater keeps flooding and won't move Thank you! Was a bent valve stem, possibly from an employee towing it without locking it in neutral...
Hgoodman09 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 13

05-24-2023, 01:50 PM	#9
kgsc Gone Wild Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 13,141	Re: EZGO 6 Seater keeps flooding and won't move Usually if being towed the driven clutch won’t drive the front clutch but maybe.. Usually a bent valve is caused by over revving.. Has the governor been adjusted?

05-24-2023, 04:08 PM	#10
Hgoodman09 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 13	Re: EZGO 6 Seater keeps flooding and won't move We speed tune them but we slow them down from factory to 15-16mph. But with guides online on how to speed them up, it's very possible that a renter adjusted it to wide open and that puts it going around 22 mph and bouncing off the rev limiter
Hgoodman09 Not Yet Wild Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 13

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