Correct Marko, under the seat in fron of the battery. ust check and clean connections. Problem with electric they can cause same issues as fuel problems. Very hard to tell them apart sometimes. Check all electric connections and I think you will find the problem.

 

Valki, I gave this some thought and Im still gonna do what u said about the wires, but there has to be somthing more related to the carb and or floats?

Every time ive adjusted them up or down it has made a differance in the amount of stalling it does.

Just looking for more of your input on this, either way I will be going over the wires this weekend, thanks.

What is the proper way and specs for adjusting the floats and the mixture?

Thanks

 

Does the engine miss at high rpm? Have you checked spark plug color? Should be a light brown. If black its running rich and probably needs re jetting. Not much help about floats other then they are set below half mark from factory. We put them up a bit and ran richer. I still think its electrical. Good luck

 

Take your air filter out and put bakc the case. See if you have the same problem. We had to open them up for more air to get through. However our problem was only at high rpm. But if its dirty it might effect at all rpm. Just give it a try

 

I did run it with the air filter line to the carb off and it did seam more responsive, but I know i cant run it on the trails w/o a filter, too dusty. The filter was justed cleaned and oiled about 3 rides ago, and it hasnt been to dusty on the last few rides so I can emagine its dirty yet.

The plug is new, I will pull it and ck the color. No miss fire at high rpm at all. There is a slight hesitation when I nail the throttle though, got better when I adjusted the floats back up.

How did u open up the case, drill holes in it? I hear alot of people do that with there air boxes on honda's.

Thanks again, Im off tommorrow so Im gonna try to play with it some more

 

We take out the filter completly. steel screen about 1/4 to 1/2 inch square holes in screen. Put inside the airbox so the foam filter wont suck up the breather tube.and cut foam 1 inch foam to fit. We use a porus upolstery foam. Dont drill holes in the filter box. What did your old plug look like? If it was black i would rejett carb.

 

If you ahve the same problem we had it doesnt take long at all for the filter to get enough dirt to affect the runability. What altitude are you riding?

 

I dont know my altitude. I live in southern NH USA, I have no clue, sorry. Im not in the mountains. But this stalling problem wasnt always here. Its always had an idleing problem, somtime to high, somtimes to low. I also dont remember what the old plug looked like, just changed it as a maintance item and to to rule it out as a problem.

I did have a problem with a loose connection at what I think was the coil last summer, as soon as I cleaned and tightend that connection it started and ran better, but that same connection has been recently checked and cleaned and made no differance.

I had no time to check the wires u told me to check,but I do intend to. I had a friend from out of state visiting, and we went riding, he rode the eton, he grew up with 3 wheelers and motorcross bikes, and he fells like I do, that the stalling it is doing is related to the carb, not electricle. At times the idle was racing high, somtimes it drops down, I cant seem to get it to just idle correctly, and on hard stops or bumps it still stalls.

I have found a rebuild kit for this carb on-line, and am thinking about buying it, but dont know enough about it to fully take it apart to rebuild it, can u help with that at all. I have the service manual, but it doesnt mention the carb at all.

Do u oil the foam filter u made? When I first bought this quad I only blew it out with air and reinstalled it, but the manual that I recently bought says to use engine oil on it, so I actually used air-filter oil on it from my Honda, Im wondering if I had this stalling problem before I oiled the filter?

Im still stinking this is an air/fuel mixtture problem or floats, and its getting on my nerves, I can see the agrevation in my wifes face every time she has to stop and restart it. I think drilling a few holes in the top of the filtered side of the air box may help with some extra air.

Ive also ran this thing with the mixture screw all the way in, and it keeps running, thats not normal is it? Shouldnt it dye right away. Is the mixture srew on the left side of the card when sitting on the machine or am I waisting my time with the wrong screw. As I screw it out, it seems to raise the idle a bit, but cant find the perfect spot for it to be in, Im constantly adjusting what I think is the mixture screw and the idle screw, cant get it right.

I plan on spending some time with this thing tommorrow,I will go over the wires, and probably rasie the floats some more, but I feel like I just waist alot of time to get no where with it.

Thanks for any help u can offer Valki. Your about my last hope.

Thanks... Where do u live? and why do u have 12 etons, are they rental units, or do u have a large family or collecton or somthing, Im just curious.

Dan

 

OK, I spent hours on this thing today. I pulled what I think is the mixture screw all the way out, cleaned and reinstalled it, could not get the brass colored cover off the top of the carb, I think that is where the chock would be? Even though it starts and runs fine cold, I wanted to check its operation, the screws were way roo tight.

I also pulled this other little cover off the right side of the carb, found a diaphame and spring in there, it all looked good, I pulled the bowl cover 5 different time trying to get the correct float level, I have no idea where they are supposed to be at, I finally got it to run as best as possible, but Im sure it is not fixed. It stalled two times in the woods while I tested it out, once on a hard stop, once going over a rock. later in the day when my wife rode it, it did not stall. Idle still fluctuates at times, from high to low.

I pulled the spark plug, looked perfect, checked the conection at the cdi box under the seat, all looked good, tight and clean, added die-electric greese, also did the same at the 2 connections that I think are the coil.

The air filter was surprisingly dirty, I blew it with compressed air, washed it with filter cleaner, dried it and re-oiled it. It ran so so good until I reinstalled the filter in the housing and then the idle dropped, like it was starving for air, when I pulled the filter back out, the idle went back up. I may buy a new filter for it. I also drilled 4 1/4 inch holes on top of the filter box, before the filter to allow extra air in.

I can make the idle flutuate and engine almost stall just by shakeing the carb. Im really thinking this thing needs a new filter and carb.

These quads are meant to be riden in rough terrain, a little shakeing of a carb shouldnt affect it this way.

Any input would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

Any body else help with this, the local dealer that sells Etons has tried to contac eton for me with no help, Ive also emailed them 2 times, they dont respond at all. I wont be a big eton fan much longer!