klr650 does not start when hot

[rucr8z@yahoo.com]

I have a 2001 klr250 that I just purchased, it has 62 actual miles on it. My problem is that I can get it to run with the choke wide open but it kills as soon as I give it any gas from the throttle. I drained the tank and put in some new gas with a little sea foam added. It helped a little but not much. Any tips on what to do next? I imagine I will end up pulling the carb off...any help is appreciated.... Dan

[Devon]

rucr8z@... wrote:

>I have a 2001 klr250 that I just purchased, it has 62 actual miles on >it. My problem is that I can get it to run with the choke wide open >but it kills as soon as I give it any gas from the throttle. I >drained the tank and put in some new gas with a little sea foam >added. It helped a little but not much. Any tips on what to do next? >I imagine I will end up pulling the carb off...any help is >appreciated.... > >

Good imagination. Basically you'll be pulling the carb out, stripping it to the casting, soaking it in a gallon can of some horrible chemical you buy at Pep Boys, then blowing it out with compressed air and reassembling. The last shortcut is to remove the pilot mixture screw (first turn it in 'til it bottoms, counting the turns, then remove it being VERY careful of the little parts that come out with it). Then blast carb cleaner into the hole, wait 5 minutes, blast carb cleaner in again, then blow it out with compressed air. Reinstall the pilot screw the same number of turns out, and see what happens. Devon

[clint lee jin yew]

a freind of mine has this problem, he said that the bike runs ok, until u stop and off the engine and then try to restart it. it just wont start. there is cranking but not as fast when its cold. i suspect its due to too high compression via valve clearence. any advice? clint