Subject: RE: Please help me sort out my hard starting problems
Author: Tom Bowes
Date: Apr 23, 2002, 8:25 PM
Post ID: 1710125647
David,
My $.02 worth. If your bike has Dellorto carbs check the enrichener
(choke) cables to ensure that there is about 2mm of free play in them
when the choke is disengaged. If you haven't already done so, check to
be sure that the choke plungers slide freely in their bores and that the
return springs are intact and present. Replace the choke plungers with
new ones (if you haven't already done so). The rubber on the old ones
gets hard and allows extra gas to be delivered to the engine at all
times (when operating). Replace the float needle with a new viton-tipped
one, and check float level.
My bet is on the cables or plungers causing the problem. I had the same
thing happen on my V-50 when I first bought it. Kept stalling out and
fouling one plug. It turns out that one of the cables was too tight.
David Szenasy wrote:
| On my Eldo, when I walk out first thing in the morning, my bike starts right up without using the choke. After it runs for a bit, if for some reason it dies or I shut it down, it is very hard to start right after that. |
Tom
Shelby Township, MI
Early '70 Ambo
1980 G5
1982 V50III