I have an 88 EZGO golf cart that ran great, then one day won't run at all. I checked spark and have compression and both are good. It seemed like a fuel problem, so I took the carb apart and it's as clean as can be. I put carb back on, filled it with fuel, but can't get the engine to do a thing. Where I think the problem is now is I found it has no suctuon at the intake, but I'm not able to figure out why. I'm just guessing maybe I have leaking seals??? That would explain the no suction problem. Does anyone know what might me wrong? Any help is much appreciated.
EZGO Golf Cart Good Compression and Spark Won't Run
- Thread starter dw1307
- Start date
HotRodCarts
Cartaholic
It could be the crank seals. It could also be low compression, fuel pump or dirt in the carb. Did you blow the carb out good when you had it apart? Pull the gas line off the carb and crank the cart over and see it it pumps any gas. Do a compression test and post your results.
I did totally clean the carb out, with air and running tiny wires thru passages. I didn't have a compression gage with me where I was working on the cart. The guy I bought the cart from did a partial rebuild, rings, seals, bearings and it ran great for about a month. I'll check compression, but I'm thinking the seals might be the problem.
HotRodCarts
Cartaholic
Normally if it's a crank seal(s) it won't quit running all at once. The cart will slowly start running worse unless it backfired and blew a seal out completely. Do the compression test, clean the fuel pump and look for a bad diaphram in the pump first.
Well,,, I solved the mystery. First I checked compression it was 100#, so that's not terrible, but not quite what it should be so I preceeded to take the motor out. I got it out and didn't see any extrenal damage or reason for the poor suction issue so I started taking it apart and found the trouble. When I took off the flywheel, there was the oil seal, just hanging loose on the shaft. It appears the guy who "rebuilt" the engine didn't quite get the seal in properly. Since I have the engine out, I'm going to rebore the cylinder and put a new piston and rings in it to bring the compresssion up where it should be.
HotRodCarts
Cartaholic
Glad to hear you found the problem and thanks for the follow up. Let us know how the rebuild goes.