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Offline SCARFEY

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Re: wont idle
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2012, 09:58:32 AM »
Jonesy

I cleaned and cleaned my carbies trying to get them to idle and behave.
In desperation I tipped a whole bottle of injector cleaner into half a tank of fuel (it said on the bottle that you can't over treat it by doing so)

The thing has run like a charm ever since.

I guessed it was old fuel residue on needles and jets etc that's pretty well impossible to clean out by mechanical means.

A more conservative approach if you were concerned about my method would to be soak various bits in the stuff but that would entail stripping the carbies.

The first method worked for me though.
George Scarfe
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1981  Honda CBX 1000 Prolink 6 Cylinder
2003 BMW R1150 GS
2004 DR 650 Suzuki.

XS1100 GONE TO A BETTER PLACE as has the old Honda Dominator.

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wont idle
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2012, 07:16:24 PM »
just put a new set of float valves through the carbies, set all the float heights to 25.5 mm needles on the middle groove. Runs really well took it for a hit out and did some sustained 120 -140 an hr speeds but when I needed the bike to idle it just cut straight out. any suggestions where to look?
2 X 78E's
TRX 850.
CT 110
3rd XS not bought yet