81 GS1100 E Starting Problems

[steves]

"Dipping" is just the start of the process. How long were they in the "dip"? My can of Berryman's says to soak for 15 to 30 minutes, then rinse. I have much better results soaking for 15 to 30 hours, then rinsing. Yep, I disassemble one carb, drop it in the can and move on to something else. The next day I will raise the basket, rescue the drowned (and clean) parts, rinse them off with warm water and re-assemble the carb. Then I take the next carb apart, dunk it overnight and continue the process.

It ends up taking most of the week to do a set of carbs, but I KNOW they are clean. \\/


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At least over night once. When he removed the caps from the pilot screws, he found that someone else had previously attempted to, and messed up the screw and the threads. They filled it with RTV, and painted it over to look like it wasn't touched. My guess is that there is RTV somewhere in the carb body now, and that was causing the problem.