Subject: Re: exhaust probs
Author: EldoMike
Date: Jul 26, 2002, 4:37 AM
Post ID: 1710674482
Has it got the frame to exhaust pipe clamps?
Mike
www.classicguzzi.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Cooke" <cook-@virgin.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 3:19 AM
Subject: exhaust probs
| to whoever wrote this (i've lost track): "cookie I always thought exhaust if it pops letting off the throttle and intake air leak if it popped getting on the throtle? B." an air leak at the exhaust manifold will pop on the over run. an air leak |
| the intake will just make it run weak in my experience. now if anyone knows how to stop an eldo getting a loose joint at the head/downpipe i'd like to know. got a friends bike doing this all the |
| NOT the nut coming loose (it's the locknut type), it just eats the gasket after a few miles, air gets in, backfires like crazy. i put new gaskets in |
| it's fine for a while, then same thing. it started happening when new mufflers were fitted with rear balance pipe removed. i think it may be to do with the pipes moving & flattening off |
| gaskets. however the exhaust assy doesn't appear to be moving any more |
| stock. i must have put 6 sets of ex gaskets in that bike & i'm getting fed up |
cookie ----- Original Message ----- From: "E. C. Bud Durdle" <bu-@olympus.net> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:46 AM Subject: Re: Digest for Loopfram-@topica.com, issue 861 On Wednesday 24 July 2002 10:16 pm, you wrote:
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it pops through the mufflers. I have played with the air screws and it has gotten better, but it is still
this is a common problem with running amals on a Guzzi. Any ideas
cookie I always thought exhaust if it pops letting off the throttle and intake air leak if it popped getting on the throtle? B. |