TaoTao 50cc Chinese Scooter - Bought Not Working (Fix It) - Full Fix 

also its a 4 stroke, its way more complicated than a 2 stroke.

Bought a Chinese 250 off Amazon. It was crap. Put 300 miles on it but the labor hours fixing everything just kept adding up. Gave it away to a younger father who wanted a project bike for him and his son to play with. Bought a usedHonda a couple of years ago. Haven't had one bit of trouble with it.

Check the carburator. Often stop in chanals.

My problem was valve timing because they are 4 stroke engines.

Check out this little bike ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CzfV11sXPU4.html

My Kickstarter won't work for some reason and I changed the hose that was bleeding do I have to have the battery charged before I can use the kickstart because the battery is dead as well good spark plug and a brand new fuel filter and a brand new fuel hose the rest of the hoses are fine I need help it won't turn over kick start won't work

@@fatlaed6251 i charge the battery if it’s completely dead. They say it will start with a dead battery but it really means if theirs still some juice left

@@coltonsites3802 thank you I'll try that

@@fatlaed6251 You can buy the kick starter rebuild kit on Amazon. IDK what type of scooter you have? Mine is the Quantum 150 once the voltage drops below 11 volts mine won't start even though it has enough volts to turn the motor-over. Voltage is important at least on my 150. Goodluck on your scoot fix my friend 🛵

Ethanol fuel compoonds that problem. If you put a fuel shut off on it and run it out of gas you should have that problem. I like to add fuel shutoffs to any small gas engines I have. Fuel sitting in the carb causes all sorts of problems.

@@JetSkiBuyFixPlaySellChannel luckily around here most gas stations around here their premium fuel is ethanol free.

@@JetSkiBuyFixPlaySellChannel I never could understand why the USA wants to prop up farmers for such an unnecessary product . How many producer's of ethanol can there be ? One local gas station has all grades ethanol free . Cost a little more . They even have a full service isle like back in the day . PURE GAS Radford Va.

If you let it sit for a while use Fuel Stabilizer or Non-ethanol gas. The Ethanol in the gas is what attracts moisture and gums up the carb jets and passages.

@@JetSkiBuyFixPlaySellChannel agreed. But I like to take it a step further on seasonal equipment and follow up by running a tank empty or keeping it 3/4 with an additive.

While I do agree that an aftermarket carburetor, with properly tuned jetting. Is a very welcomed improvement over the original. Sorry to say but any assumption that the machine won't run. BECAUSE it has the original carb, is nothing but ridiculous! Really basic logic will tell anyone. That at minimum, all things being equal. It will have to run exactly as it came from the factory! No more, but surely no less! With this said, the entire point is that nothing in these machines original design is supposed to have them "strangled" to 45km/h. Their original project was for a normal full power running engine, as it still happens in several markets, inclusive China! Proof of that is precisely in this video. Where the engine was running quite well in the beginning, with the original carb. But was totally messed up by the end of the video with the new carb (clogged)!

From the first start attempt, I immediately knew, "buckle up, and start removing plastic panels!"

I know he's new to all this but I had to laugh my self when he said that 😂

im finding it hard to watch and only 10 mins in

Puzzling.

Over heating is a top end problem

@@verriahowe4334 got rid of it for free and the kid dealing with it is frustrated too. Made in China. I had a Genuine ( Taiwanese ) that ran well until I was robbed. Now I have a good running Vento that was apparently assembled here in the US even if it is an orphan brand now.

I’m about to get a 2013 Tao Tao and owner says it needs carb clean and battery. Is having a motorcycle shop fix it expensive?

Yeah! You could probably buy 10 Taotaos for what a shop would charge to fix or upgrade everything! 🙂

@@sunbeam8866 In my area there are no shops that will touch a Chinese scooter, because of their high labor rate. $80+/ Hr. So, I believe that there could be a small side business opportunity here. My business model would be that, I will 'only work on Chinese scooters', and will charge probably less than half of the local shops. Most fixes are pretty easy, and don't take long.

@@stevekehrtastic9292 Judging from this video, where the electric-starter has come adrift, and the kick-start isn't up to the rigors of dozens of engine-start attempts, after the carb or electronics mess up, your shop might need to offer a very limited warranty, because these Chinese scooters may be revisiting soon and often!

@@sunbeam8866 I agree! Even Chinese scooter parts come with some sort of warranty. May vary depending on the supplier, or dealer. Fortunately parts for Chinese scooters are reasonably priced, unlike name brand companies. These scooters should all start easily with the electric start. The kick starters in these are mainly for backup, in case the battery dies. Pinning down the actual starting issue is sometimes the tricky part.

Lose some weight

Save yourself a lot of grief and put a good fuel filter. That alone will save a huge amount of head scratching and carburetor cleaning! By your description, the carb already needs some attention! But at least can be just once! Otherwise it will be until the next time! ;-) Just like the BAD example on this video! Which started with a quite good sounding engine! To finish with a really crap sounding machine. And that was with a new carb thrown into the equation!

Just an FYI that’s not miles, it kilometers……

I solved the starting issue with this bike , I took out that useless cheap battery and replaced it with a larger battery from Lowes and now it never runs down .

Check your clutch mine was doing it one of the clutch arms was busted allowing the wheel to keep going.

You need more practice the bike does rocket if you hit it to hard so slowly Rev it to speed its not a motorcycle

How about compressed air?

Check cvi, you can also move the top float needle to dial in air to fuel mixture

nope...the right side-Front brake lever and the starter button is how my 2020 works.

He changed the carburetor and fuel filter. There was rust in the filter and fuel. Check the tank and filter for rust. Old gas will rust out the tank.