Doug Thomas

Just following, good luck.

From the text you wrote, it seems that it stopped running while your wife was operating it. At that point, she tried to re-start it without success. Does it turn over? If it does, look to the ignition, if not; does the starter get voltage while trying it? If it does and the engine won't turn over the engine might be siezed. If it doesn't look to the relay. Is there voltage going to the relay but not going through during start up, then it's a relay. Your volt meter is always your best friend.

Check the injector

I have a 2016 Massimo 500 Made by Hisun and it is a beast. I have worked the crap out of it hauling dirt, rocks, firewood, brush, etc. I have pulled up smnall trees with a snatch block on the winch. In short, I have done everything I can think of to break this thing and it still goes. I can't relate to the naysayers except that it doesn't run quite as smoth as a Honda or shift as smooth as some of the others but that's the $4000.00 trade off.

I have a similar issue with mine. I have to keep the rpms up to around 3000 for a couple of minutes before it even thinks about idling and to answer the question on choke, they're all fuel injected for years now. I'm told there is a temperature sensor on engine somewhere that may be bad or even unhooked. It's purpose is to gauge the engine temperature and feed the computer a signal that sets the fuel air mixture. I haven't had time to mess with it lately but that's what I was told by the shop that works on them. Good luck.

We used to run an old pickup truck around the deer lease in West Texas and flats were an everyday occurrence. We took all the tires off, went to the John Deer dealer who filled them with some kind of gel solution that maintained some ride quality but for the five years after that, we never had a flat however, they would not balance to the point where we could drive it on the highway.

Nothing can really compare to a Honda for sure. They have the best small engines on the planet. That said; I own a Massimo 500. I have work the crap out of this thing including pulling small stumps, carrying loads of rock, dirt, firewood and other stuff I'm probably for getting. I have had no issues except the battery but, mine is a 2016 so it was about time. Good luck with your 500. PS, my 4 wheeler is a Honda. It's unstoppable.

1st. You should always be stopped with your foot on the brake in order to shift these things. Mine has an interlock that will do just as you are describing. 2nd, I don't think they like to cold shifted without the engine running and your foot on the brake. Also, on occasion, I have to coax mine up into low gear and hold it until I'm moving. I've played with the linkage adjustment several times and got it where it shifts good enough for me. I bought mine new (2017) and it has never been 100% in that area.

I put one under the seat of my Massimo 500 with a battery isolator and an inverter in order to run the winch without draining the main battery and also have 110v available for other outdoor tools and such. I did not use a deep discharge battery because of the finicky nature of the charging of these types of batteries. They are easily damaged if not charged correctly, especially the new lithium-ion units, requiring special chargers. The primary alternator charges the secondary battery as well as the primary. but the isolator rejects the feedback when the secondary battery is in use. I also have a by-pass switch installed to throw the secondary battery into primary service should the primary battery become disabled. The one concern I see about the installation you propose is that 8KW is allot of heat. A common milk house heater is 1.5KW. I have a 10KW propane heater in my 12'x24' shop and keep it 80deg when it's 10deg outside. It's insulated but still. Looks like a good unit though. Doug

They're all fuel injected. Fuel pump works fine even at high speed. This is not an issue when the engine warms up.

Hey everyone. This is my first post and I hope you all can help out here. I have a 2016 Massimo 500. I'll start out with "it is a beast" I have worked the crap out of this thing and it keeps on coming back for more. Never had an issue except one battery replacement and this cold starting thing. When I start it up, summer or winter, it requires being in neutral, pre-loadiung the fuel by pumping the gas pedal (like an older carb model) and then once it starts, I have to maintain 3000 RPMs or more for at least three or four minutes before it will idle on it's own. After that, it will idle for as long as you ask it to. Any input?