carburetor trouble.....bike blowing smoke.
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2002 1:25 am
Hey everyone,
recently I fixed a leak in the fuel bowl seal on my carb. I renewed
the seal and gave the carb a clean, but other than that I didn't change
a thing and simply put it back together. Everything has been fire for
the last two weeks, then yesterday things started playing up. I'll list
the problems
1. Bike Starts fine, but has no top end. If the throttle is opened to
full the bike makes a deep hollow popping sound and looses all power.
2. Lotsa smoke! The bike acts like is running super rich. Opening the
choke makes things worse.
3. The spark plug is quickly fouled with carbon and is generally filthy.
I'm not sure if the trouble is with the carb, or perhaps a hose
somewhere. I've read that even busted seals in the engine housing can
cause problems. However, given that I had the carb apart a couple of
weeks ago it seems that the carb is the likely suspect.
Thanks for any help
Chris.