02-08-16, 03:15 PM
A small update but maybe the culprit has been found!
Since I just finished 30K and didn't get the bike's history when I bought it I decided to rule out the valve clearance. When I got the bike it had 22K on the clock and I had no idea if the clearance was checked or not. So on Sunday I decided to open up the engine and check, all measurements well within specs and timing markings spot on so that has been ruled out.
During the weekend I took the jets out and soaked them in carb cleaner over night, I also took the carbs to a local shop and used an air nozzle connected to their compressor and blow out all the passages because so far I've been used canned air but obviously provides less air pressure. Nice air flow through all the passages.
After a night's worth of soaking in carb cleaner I still noticed dark spots on the outside of some jets so I decided to soak them another night but this time in Pepsi. Next morning the jets were amazingly shiny!
My intestines must be super clean as well, haha!
Very happy with my new inexpensive carb and stomach cleaner I put the carbs back together, added some fuel and realised that the fuel level was all over the place!!!
I haven't touched the tangs on the floats since the last time so WTF was going on?!? I opened up the carbs again, bent the tangs all the way up (towards the needle valve) and still I would have way too much fuel on carb 1 & 3
When I took the carbs apart for the second time few months ago I replaced the O-rings and the needle valves. They were aftermarket ones as they were much cheaper but the holes were much bigger and they were marked 2.0 rather 1.0 like the originals. Are they faulty then or is the size of the fuel inlet holes too big for the floats to handle? I wouldn't imagine the size would matter, does anyone have experience of these?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CARBURETTOR-FL...Swqv9V6uV1
Since I just finished 30K and didn't get the bike's history when I bought it I decided to rule out the valve clearance. When I got the bike it had 22K on the clock and I had no idea if the clearance was checked or not. So on Sunday I decided to open up the engine and check, all measurements well within specs and timing markings spot on so that has been ruled out.
During the weekend I took the jets out and soaked them in carb cleaner over night, I also took the carbs to a local shop and used an air nozzle connected to their compressor and blow out all the passages because so far I've been used canned air but obviously provides less air pressure. Nice air flow through all the passages.
After a night's worth of soaking in carb cleaner I still noticed dark spots on the outside of some jets so I decided to soak them another night but this time in Pepsi. Next morning the jets were amazingly shiny!
My intestines must be super clean as well, haha! Very happy with my new inexpensive carb and stomach cleaner I put the carbs back together, added some fuel and realised that the fuel level was all over the place!!!
I haven't touched the tangs on the floats since the last time so WTF was going on?!? I opened up the carbs again, bent the tangs all the way up (towards the needle valve) and still I would have way too much fuel on carb 1 & 3
When I took the carbs apart for the second time few months ago I replaced the O-rings and the needle valves. They were aftermarket ones as they were much cheaper but the holes were much bigger and they were marked 2.0 rather 1.0 like the originals. Are they faulty then or is the size of the fuel inlet holes too big for the floats to handle? I wouldn't imagine the size would matter, does anyone have experience of these?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CARBURETTOR-FL...Swqv9V6uV1