Air Cooled Engine overheating!

[Nick Connell]

Sorry the engine keeps running fine. Only when you turn it off and try to re start later on it won't start. You can hear the solenoid engaging but it won't turn the engine. If left for a while it will then turn over and start.

 

Have blown through the oil cooler recently and checked again its still clear.

 

 

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[Breezeblock]

make sure the exhaust gaskets etc are ok no exhaust leaks as on air cooled engine it can be terminal blowing onto the pots

[Nick Connell]

Good shout, will check it out

 

 

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[Dean Lofthouse]

Sounds like a shagged battery or solonoid to me (-:

[Nick Connell]

Have had a new battery and starter. Same problem 🙈

 

 

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[predator]

had to fix a koala v twin 25hp last year with glowing exhaust pipes very scary looking when it was hot and on removing the fan cowlings around the heads found straw/chip/impacted dirt/oily/soil etc i cleaned it all up as there is very little room for any dirt ingress >>> it will ruin your engine if you dont keep them cooling fins cleaned out

[Breezeblock]

had to fix a koala v twin 25hp last year with glowing exhaust pipes very scary looking when it was hot and on removing the fan cowlings around the heads found straw/chip/impacted dirt/oily/soil etc i cleaned it all up as there is very little room for any dirt ingress >>> it will ruin your engine if you dont keep them cooling fins cleaned out

 

was that shauns engine on the rayco

[mixedangased]

get the engine covers off and i would steam clean the whole thing .get the crud off and go from there.

[predator]

was that shauns engine on the rayco

 

YES 10 out of 10 good memory

[Nick Connell]

Found an exhaust leak! Hope that's the problem. To be sure have cleaned all the fins and put a new starter on. Big job tomorrow so hope it's all sorted.

 

 

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