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CiDirkona · 03-08-2012, 10:45 AM

Thanks!

I'm pretty sure the carbs need to be tuned or cleaned too. Full throttle she seems to run pretty fine, but she tends to skip and stutter a lot if trying to just cruise in the 2-5k range. After about 20 miles last night (in 45 degree weather,) she was popping little flames out of the exhaust pipe on decel. I was trying not to engine brake at all, but if I were to just blip the throttle while stopped, I get a little blue jet or two and loud pops. Am I running too rich then? Should I get a new set of carb jets so I know where I'm starting? How hard is it to remove and clean these carbs? Will just spraying some carb cleaner spray into the intake do the trick?

Also, I discovered that the coolant tank overflow hose was cracked right at the top of the cap. Not a big deal really, I'm hoping...?

Thanks in advance!

-Colin

03-08-2012, 10:45 AM	#5 (permalink)
CiDirkona Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 24	Thanks! I'm pretty sure the carbs need to be tuned or cleaned too. Full throttle she seems to run pretty fine, but she tends to skip and stutter a lot if trying to just cruise in the 2-5k range. After about 20 miles last night (in 45 degree weather,) she was popping little flames out of the exhaust pipe on decel. I was trying not to engine brake at all, but if I were to just blip the throttle while stopped, I get a little blue jet or two and loud pops. Am I running too rich then? Should I get a new set of carb jets so I know where I'm starting? How hard is it to remove and clean these carbs? Will just spraying some carb cleaner spray into the intake do the trick? Also, I discovered that the coolant tank overflow hose was cracked right at the top of the cap. Not a big deal really, I'm hoping...? Thanks in advance! -Colin