Subject: RE: Gas in oil/Cleaning jets
Author: Ray Hale
Date: Oct 1, 2003, 2:17 PM
Post ID: 1714719456
Clifton,
I agree. Yours is sound advice. Running wire through the jets would be
risky for the reaming effect. A good strong solvent and compressed air
really should do the trick. If they are tougher than that, they are
easily replaced. Those are tiny little openings and so critical to good
tuning. My son screwed around with enlarging jets in his "metered
leaks", er..uh, I mean Amals. What a mess. Nothing wrong with
experimenting and learning, but potentially expensive, for boys and
their Dads, if you know what I mean!
Ray
Clifton L. Smith wrote:
| When I got my V7-Special, the jets had been "cleaned" with a wire, which widened the jets and resulted in rich running. I had to replace the jets. Before using a wire, I would try compressed air to clean them. You might also try a local small engine or cycle shop for the wire tools used for cleaning jets. The tools are properly sized and less likely to ream the jets wider. If I'm wrong about this advice, someone please correct me. CS -----Original Message----- From: andy hill [mailto:alh-@adelphia.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 8:17 AM To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: Re: Gas in oil & fishtails Jay- prolly, your pilot [idle] jets are plugged, and the bike is running on the mains, only. [super-rich at low rpm's]. ya can soak 'em in a small pan of carb cleaner, and then carefully work a strand of copper wire thru the hole to clear the crud away. 10-4 on the petcocks- saw it happen on a yamaha 650 recently. Donny- ya can make your own reducers for the fishtails or order a set from good 'ol jc whitney [they're only about $5.00 ea.] if these are h.d. items, you'll also have to modify your centerstand- the 'ears' will hit on the larger muffs, and your stand will be too close to the ground. andy ----- Original Message ----- From: Jason <mailto:stalli-@sbcglobal.net> Stallings To: Loopfram-@topica.com Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 12:13 AM Subject: Gas in oil Last week I put my bike up and did not turn the gas taps off. A couple of days later I went to ride it and noticed a ton of gas had leaked out of the carbs. I checked the oil before starting the bike and it was the pan full of gas. So I changed the oil out. I have heard this could happen but it seems like I use to be able to leave the gas taps on and not have any problems. I am also still having problems maintaining an idle and the bike seems to bog down (engine sounds lower and very slowly accelerates - even accelerates better when letting a little throtle off) when accelerating past 60 mph. I have mentioned this before but I have still not taken the carbs apart to see what is going on. I am planning on going through them ASAP, I have the Premier Handbook should this be a good enough guide for a first timer? What parts should I order - just the gasket kit from mgcycle? Any other tips or suggestions would be appreciated. |