ignition problem ??
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From: Warner Robins, Ga
RE: ignition problem ??
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the carb is clean. 100% for sure. carb cleaner gushed from every port. blew it all out with air, put it back together, minus the air filter, drove it up the street ran great! came home installed the air filter,ran terrible! air filter looks fine, cleaned it anyway, it was a little dirty but not too bad, started it without the air filter again runs great. put the clean air filter on, runs terrible. that is a new one on me. because a few weeks ago it ran fine with the dirty air filter, and now it dont want to run with the clean one. is this something wrong with the carb?
the carb is clean. 100% for sure. carb cleaner gushed from every port. blew it all out with air, put it back together, minus the air filter, drove it up the street ran great! came home installed the air filter,ran terrible! air filter looks fine, cleaned it anyway, it was a little dirty but not too bad, started it without the air filter again runs great. put the clean air filter on, runs terrible. that is a new one on me. because a few weeks ago it ran fine with the dirty air filter, and now it dont want to run with the clean one. is this something wrong with the carb?
Something seems to be making it run rich with the air filter on, but it's kind of hard to diagnose on the net. I think we might be getting close though.
Scooter
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ya im sure the filter is clean cleaned it with gas then read the book and cleaned it with soap and hot water. dried it with a towel and the compressed air. the choke cable was removed before i got the bike so it is just the cam on the carb. i tried it with the backing plate on and the air filter off and it runs good, so for some reason it is just the element.
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From: Warner Robins, Ga
RE: ignition problem ??
ORIGINAL: riggermortis
ya im sure the filter is clean cleaned it with gas then read the book and cleaned it with soap and hot water. dried it with a towel and the compressed air. the choke cable was removed before i got the bike so it is just the cam on the carb. i tried it with the backing plate on and the air filter off and it runs good, so for some reason it is just the element.
ya im sure the filter is clean cleaned it with gas then read the book and cleaned it with soap and hot water. dried it with a towel and the compressed air. the choke cable was removed before i got the bike so it is just the cam on the carb. i tried it with the backing plate on and the air filter off and it runs good, so for some reason it is just the element.
I'm running out of suggestions.
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its the stock foam filter, and it seems to be fine. the only thing i can think is that for some reason it is creating too much vacume and drawing fuel from somewhere it is not suposed to.
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From: Warner Robins, Ga
RE: ignition problem ??
ORIGINAL: riggermortis
its the stock foam filter, and it seems to be fine. the only thing i can think is that for some reason it is creating too much vacume and drawing fuel from somewhere it is not suposed to.
its the stock foam filter, and it seems to be fine. the only thing i can think is that for some reason it is creating too much vacume and drawing fuel from somewhere it is not suposed to.
The foam wrapper on my S&S carb filter got hard and clogged my inner paper element.
Does it smell rich with the filter on (kind of burn your eyes with it idling)?
I'm sort of just grabbing at straws now, as a free flowing filter shouldn't make much difference.
Scooter
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RE: ignition problem ??
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the thing that baffels me is that it started all of the sudden. while i was rideing ran good stoped at a light and then ran s#!tty, just like that.
the thing that baffels me is that it started all of the sudden. while i was rideing ran good stoped at a light and then ran s#!tty, just like that.
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it is just foam with a metal skelaton. the foam is just like the foam you would find on your lawn mower or something to that effect. from what i can tell the gas didnt affect it. i dont know too many people with bikes and the people i do know that have them have newer ones with efi. my wife knows a couple of people at work that have older ones though so i think what i will do is ask her to ask them if any body has a spare carb that i can try running for a minute with the air filter on and see if the problem is in the carb or not. hey thanks for all of your input it has been very helpful ! i will keep the thread updated as to what i find out.
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RE: ignition problem ??
If you have a keihin carb. The midrange jet should have a rubber plug covering it.
If that plug is not tight, or leaks, that will cause a mid range loss of power, sputtering
and popping.
If that plug is not tight, or leaks, that will cause a mid range loss of power, sputtering
and popping.