Engine Test – It’s still working!

Just after one week this lambretta arrived at my house, I’ve already put some effort to fulfil my curiosity whether this lambretta is worth buying or not. With the expertise of Mat DH the chief technical officer (CTO) cum chief mechanic of RAG motori, we try to find out what is the faulty that make this engine unable to be started. First of all we start with the spark plug, after several kick; we found out that the electrical system of this scooter is working in a good manner where the spark plug fired with blue fire. But still the scooter is unable to start. According to RAG CTO if the faulty is about starting the engine, there are two things that always contribute to these scenarios, first is because the spark plug won’t fired or the carburettor is not working properly. Therefore with go to the second assumption, Mat DH take out the whole carburettor to be cleaned and checked whether there are any dirt stuck at any of the air intake . After he has done with the cleaning and put all the things back again, he found out that the fuel is not flowing properly to the carburettor. This is happened because of the fuel cork (the original fuel cork) is stuck with dirt from the fuel tank. In order to solve this problem, RAG CTO has come up with an idea to use old ketchup bottle to supply the fuel directly to the carburettor without using the fuel tank of the fuel cork (please refer pic b). This idea is proven a brilliant one when after several kick the engine start working and the smoke come out from the exhaust. Aku memang happy gila bila pertama kali dengar enjin lambretta ni. Selepas RAG CTO menunggang skuter aku ini, aku pula terus mengambil alih dan terbukti lambretta ini masih lagi boleh digunakan dan membuatkan aku lebih bersemangat untuk projek restorasi seterusnya.