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Why don't my carbs work right, you ask.

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It might be something like this:
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Nasty floaters in your fuel. That fuel was coming from the I/V bottle I rig when working without the tank in place. The gas had been poured from a plastic jerry can that did have gunk in it but it went through a fine mesh in a funnel as poured into the bottle. Not fine enough.:mad:

I have never been a big fan of inline fuel filters but I'm rethinking that position as I had to pull the carbs for another dunking this afternoon. They had been done last year, only used for less than an hour and stored until I picked up this bike 2 weeks ago. I don't want to have to do that again anytime soon.

For the new guys I hope you can see that grit like that is what causes the carbs to get clogged so its important to keep it out and also very important to dunk the carbs to clean them as dunking is the only way to get that crappola out of jets and passages once it gets in.

Cheers all,
spyug
 
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The carbs have been in the dunk tanks now for about 6 hours and all kinds of nasties are floating out. There must have been a lot of gunk in the fuel I put through or I really didn't clean them that well before.

I wonder what the set that came with the bike look like. I wasn't planning on doing them right away but I might just open them for a look see tomorrow. They had been sitting for 3 years but I believe the PO had drained them ( as he did with the tank) so I don't expect any green algae that I've found a time or two before. Some carbs can get real nasty believe me.

Well I'll get these puppies back together tomorrow and hopefully she'll run better and without any leaks.

Cheers,
spyug
 
One of the first things I got for my bike was an inline filter and its been on there for years and years:cool:
 
Thanks for sharing. I've seen that sort of thing out of jerrycans as well.

I had to pull my carbs today to verify they were not the problem behind my recent starting issues, and although I didn't take a picture for proof, it looked like a penny had broken down in three of the four float bowls. Lots of green crud. I read on this or another forum of someone speculating that it might be Seafoam, which I had used in the gas. Blew out all of the passages and pulled the jets...just to make sure they weren't blocked solid.
 
Well after about 22 hours in the dip tank the carbs are clean again. Now I hope I can keep them that way:o

For all the new folks that wonder why we are so insistant about dipping the carbs to get them clean here is why:

crap2.jpg


Now a lot of the black specks could be stuff from the outside of the carbs as they were not totally spotless in the nooks and crannies. The redish stuff I take to be rust probably from the tank. If that were gold I'd have enough to buy a set of tires:D

Hopefully, all new folks can understand that gunk like that is not going to be banished with a spritz from an aerosol can. Do it right guys.

Cheers,
Spyug
 
spyug said:
Well after about 22 hours in the dip tank the carbs are clean again. Now I hope I can keep them that way:o

For all the new folks that wonder why we are so insistant about dipping the carbs to get them clean here is why:

crap2.jpg


Now a lot of the black specks could be stuff from the outside of the carbs as they were not totally spotless in the nooks and crannies. The redish stuff I take to be rust probably from the tank. If that were gold I'd have enough to buy a set of tires:D

Hopefully, all new folks can understand that gunk like that is not going to be banished with a spritz from an aerosol can. Do it right guys.

Cheers,
Spyug
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All you need is a white chalk outline and you would have a crime scene....LOL
 
spyug said:
Hopefully, all new folks can understand that gunk like that is not going to be banished with a spritz from an aerosol can. Do it right guys.
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But if everybody did it "right", this forum would die, due to lack of posts.
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