My defender seems sluggish

[Ccoles46]

2016 hd8, starts fine but just doesn’t seem to have any power and i smell unburned fuel.  It only has 555 miles and sits quite bit.

 

[Andystoy19]

Jmo but you may have poor fuel in the tank that has lost most of its light ends, best option drain the fuel and refill with fresh and add some gasoline fuel cleaner to the fresh fuel to try and clean up any sludge you may have in the filter and fuel lines etc.

 

[honda400ex2003]

im with andy, get some good fuel in it.  go through the fuel filter and such, the filter is in the tank but easy to get to so you can confirm that it isnt dirty.

change the plugs, check your air filter, all of the normal stuff to make sure they arent contributing.  make sure the plugs are gapped per spec as well, dont just put them in.

steve

 

[Andystoy19]

I am not sure where your HD8 is parked but it may be that some of your resident rodents have filled the air box with nesting material. If you have a screen on the intake before the air box you may be fine but worth checking.