norbertflyer Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Anyone any ideas? My mate's Vortex starts on a new battery 'first flick'. It then wont turn over at all on the second attempt, just a quick in and out of the starter and then nothing. Almost like there's a short on the battery when it's running and draining the battery so it wont start at the next attempt. Any clues? Cheers, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatboy Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 If the starter motor engages then flys back out with a wirring sound or just seems to lock up then I would listen to the decompressor & make sure it is decompressing. I had the same problem with my corsair and a squirt of WD40 down the decompressor pipe sorted it out. When you next get this problem, put a volt meter accross the battery terminals ideally 13.8V, but as long as it is over about 12.5V the battery should be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbertflyer Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Many thanks for the info here. I'll ask him to try that, but he is using the M21Y electric version, so might be a bit different from the M25Y hand start type. I'm not sure myself. Cheers, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbertflyer Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 Bob took the starter off and found it to be quite stiff. He stuck some WD40 on the starter motor mechanism and everything freed up great. Motor starts first time every time now. Just a bit of maintenance required! thanks Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 just the job rich.if the hammer dont fix it wd40 it,i sorted a new throttle cable for the bing.just waiting for the fresh brezze bits to arrive. me and pancho r going to c/morten 2morro hill flying wind se.5mph should be 10 on the hill... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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